New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 4:5
Proverbs 4:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Context of Proverbs 4:5
3When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, 4He taught me and said to me, “Let your heart take hold of my words; Keep my commandments and live; Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. 6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. 7The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:5 word by word
קְנֵ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:5
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking? And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 2:2Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.
- Proverbs 8:5You naive ones, understand prudence; And, you fools, understand wisdom!
- Proverbs 17:16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense?
- Proverbs 18:1One who separates himself seeks his own desire; He quarrels against all sound wisdom.
- Proverbs 19:8One who gets wisdom loves his own soul; One who keeps understanding will find good.
- Proverbs 23:23Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
- James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
- 2 Chronicles 34:2He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or the left.
- Job 23:11My foot has held on to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
- Psalms 44:18Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your Law.
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Get wisdom - True religion is essential to thy happiness; never forget its teachings, nor go aside from the path it prescribes.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. 5In the Old Testament, forgetting means more than just not remembering; it also means failing to obey.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Get--as a possession not to be given up. neither decline--that is, from obeying my word.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 4:5 Prov 4:7 ↩
- 2. Proverbs 4:5 Prov 16:16 ↩
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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