Proverbs 4:5
3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- KJV
- Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- WEB
- Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
- ASV
- Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
- DARBY
- Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- BLB
- Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding! Do not forget and do not bend away from the words of my mouth.
- ÅB
- Kjøp visdom, kjøp forstand, glem ikke og vik ikke fra min munns ord!
- OTB
- Søk visdom, søk forståelse; glem ikke og vend deg ikke bort fra ordene fra min munn.
- B1930
- Kjøp visdom, kjøp forstand, glem ikke og vik ikke fra min munns ord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Read in contextProverbs 3:13–18
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Read in contextProverbs 1:22–23
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Read in contextPsalms 44:18
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Read in contextProverbs 8:5
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Read in contextProverbs 17:16
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Read in contextJob 23:11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
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