Proverbs 4:7

Proverbs 4:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

Context of Proverbs 4:7

5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee. The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence. 8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her. 9She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.

Proverbs 4:7 word by word

רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּבְכָל־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451

Cross-references for Proverbs 4:7

• Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.
• Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
• Matthew 13:44The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
• Luke 10:42but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.
• Philippians 3:8But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;
• Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
• Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
• Psalms 49:16Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
• Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
• Mark 8:36For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
• Psalms 119:104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

Commentaries on Proverbs 4:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Wisdom is the principal thing - חכמה ראשית reshith chochmah, "wisdom is the principle." It is the punctum saliens in all religion to know the true God, and what he requires of man, and for what he has made man; and to this must be added, under the Christian dispensation, to know Jesus Christ whom he hath sent, and for what end He was sent, the necessity of his being sent, and the nature of that salvation which he has bought by his own blood. Get wisdom…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-20Verses 4-20 The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalm 15:1-5; Psalm 24:1-10; Proverbs 4:7 Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain. Proverbs 4:12 The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Wisdom often leads to better relationships and more wealth, but not always.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Compare Job 28:28). getting--or possession; a desire for wisdom is wise.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 4:7

• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Diligence
• Getting
• Hold
• Look
• Ponder
• Principal
• Promote
• Right
• Stumble
• Get; Getting

Commentaries on Proverbs 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings