Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 4:2
2For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.
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
1Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding: For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law. 3For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain 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
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:2
- Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Proverbs 22:20Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;
- Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew; As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb:
- Job 33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart: and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- John 7:16Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
- 1 Timothy 4:6If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now:
- 1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:
- Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
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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