Proverbs 4:4 · KJV
“He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.”
— Proverbs 4:4
For I was my father's son, tender and only {beloved} in the sight of my mother.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4 — Context
For 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.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Deuteronomy 6:6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, {even} the sure mercies of David.