Proverbs 4:5

In 11 translations

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;

LSV

Get wisdom, get understanding, || Do not forget, nor turn away || From the sayings of my mouth.

YLT

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

DBY

Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

DRC

Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

GNV

Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

JPS

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

LXXE

and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.See Appendix - Alexandrian codex has: “Get wisdom, get understanding, forget not, nor decline from the words of my mouth.”

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Original-language editions

WLC

קְנֵ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

LXX-Br

μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ· Μηδὲ παρίδῃς ῥῆσιν ἐμοῦ στόματος,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• James 1:5Now 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.
• Proverbs 3:13–18Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with…
• Proverbs 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? If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you;…
• 2 Chronicles 34:2And 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.
• Psalms 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
• Job 23:11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
• Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
• Proverbs 8:5O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
• Proverbs 19:8He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
• Psalms 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
• Proverbs 2:2–4if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
• Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
• Psalms 119:157Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
• Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
• Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

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