Proverbs 4:2

In 11 translations

BSB

For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

KJV

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

WEB

for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.

ASV

For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

LSV

For I have given to you good learning, do not forsake my law.

YLT

For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

DBY

for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.

DRC

I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

GNV

For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.

JPS

For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.

LXXE

For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃

LXX-Br

Δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθὸν δωροῦμαι ὑμῖν, τὸν ἐμὸν νόμον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Timothy 4:6By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.
• Titus 1:9He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
• Proverbs 8:6–9Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right. For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked…
• Job 33:3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
• Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
• Psalms 89:30–32If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
• 2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
• Job 11:4You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
• Proverbs 22:20–21Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge, to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
• John 7:16–17“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me. If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
• Psalms 49:1–3Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor alike. My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

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