Proverbs 4:7 · KJV
“Wisdom {is} the principal thing; {therefore} get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
— Proverbs 4:7
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Proverbs 4 — Context
Get 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.
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. {a crown...: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory}
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom {is} a defence, {and} money {is} a defence: but the excellency of knowledge {is, that} wisdom giveth life to them that have it. {defence: Heb. shadow}
Ecclesiastes 9:16-18
Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell {it} not; {also} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Philippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things {but} loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them {but} dung, that I may win Christ,
Mark 8:36-37
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 13:44-46
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Psalms 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.