Proverbs 4:2
Verse 2 of 27. The 4th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Proverbs 4:2 in the World English Bible
for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.Read Proverbs 4:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2
It is a law indeed (v. 2), but that law is founded upon doctrine, upon unquestionable principles of truth, upon good doctrine, which is not only faithful, but worthy of all acceptation. If we admit the doctrine, we cannot but submit to the law. (2.) To rivet it in us, we are directed to receive it as a gift, to attend to it with all diligence, to attend so as to know it, for otherwise we cannot do it, and…
Read Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:1–13: Parental Instructions.
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