God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 4:2
2After all, I have taught you well. Do not abandon my teachings.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
Context of Proverbs 4:2
1Sons, listen to ⌞your⌟ father’s discipline, and pay attention in order to gain understanding. After all, I have taught you well. Do not abandon my teachings. 3When I was a boy ⌞learning⌟ from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother, 4they used to teach me and say to me, “Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may 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 8:6Listen! I am speaking about noble things, and my lips will say what is right.
- Proverbs 22:20Didn’t I write to you previously with advice and knowledge
- Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teachings come down like raindrops. Let my words drip like dew, like gentle rain on grass, like showers on green plants.
- Job 33:3My words are straight from the heart, and I sincerely speak the knowledge that is on my lips.
- Psalms 49:1Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world—
- John 7:16Jesus responded to them, “What I teach doesn’t come from me but from the one who sent me.
- 1 Timothy 4:6You are a good servant of Christ Jesus when you point these things out to our brothers and sisters. Then you will be nourished by the words of the Christian faith and the excellent teachings which you have followed closely.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,
- Psalms 89:30“If his descendants abandon my teachings and do not live by 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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