Proverbs 4:5 · KJV
“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.”
— Proverbs 4:5
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Proverbs 4 — Context
For 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.
7Wisdom {is} the principal thing; {therefore} get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Cross References
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 3:13-18
Happy {is} the man {that} findeth wisdom, and the man {that} getteth understanding. {that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}
2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined {neither} to the right hand, nor to the left.
Proverbs 1:22-23
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Psalms 44:18
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; {steps: or, goings}
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?
Job 23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.