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Proverbs 4:5
5Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
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 special to my mother, 4he taught me and said to me: “Lay hold of my words in your heart, keep my commands and you will live! Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. 6Do not forsake her, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will watch over you. 7Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom! With all your acquisitions, get understanding.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:5 word by word
קְנֵ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:5
- Proverbs 1:22“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 2:2making your ear attentive to wisdom, inclining your heart to discernment,
- Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding.
- Proverbs 8:5O naïve ones, learn prudence! Fools, gain understanding!
- Proverbs 17:16Of what use is money in the hand of a fool since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?
- Proverbs 18:1One who isolates oneself seeks his own desire; he defies all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 19:8One who gets wisdom loves his own soul. One who treasures understanding prospers.
- Proverbs 23:23Acquire truth and do not sell it, acquire wisdom, instruction and understanding.
- James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all without hesitation and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
- 2 Chronicles 34:2He did right in the eyes of Adonai, and walked in the ways of his father David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- Job 23:11My foot has held closely to His steps; I have kept to His way and have not strayed.
- Psalms 44:18All this came upon us, though we did not forget You, nor were we false to Your covenant.
- Psalms 119:51The arrogant have viciously ridiculed me, yet I did not turn away from Your Torah.
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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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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