English Standard Version
Proverbs 4:2
2for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
Proverbs 4:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- New International Version (NIV)I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
- New Living Translation (NLT)for I am giving you good guidance. Don’t turn away from my instructions.
Context of Proverbs 4:2
1Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:2 word by word
כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:2
- Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,
- Proverbs 22:20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
- Deuteronomy 32:2May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.
- Job 33:3My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
- John 7:16So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- 1 Timothy 4:6If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19"But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
- Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Doctrine - Knowledge orally given and received.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Wise people handle life's challenges well because they follow good advice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-2. (Compare Pr 1:8). to know--in order to know. doctrine--the matter of learning (Pr 1:5), such as he had received (La 3:1).Read the comment
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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
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