Proverbs 4:2 {3}
Cross References

For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

Deuteronomy 32:2
Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Job 11:4
For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.

Psalm 89:30
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

Psalm 119:87
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.

Proverbs 3:1
For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Jeremiah 35:8
Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

good

Proverbs 8:6-9 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness. . . .

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Proverbs 22:20,21 Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge: . . .

Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Job 33:3 My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.

Psalm 49:1-3 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. [2] Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. . . .

John 7:16,17 Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. . . .

1 Timothy 4:6 These things proposing to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished up in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast attained unto.

Titus 1:9 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers.

forsake

1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:19 But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them,

Psalm 89:30-32 And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments: . . .

Context
A Father's Instruction
1I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law. 2For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:3And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.…
Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I give
נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you
לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

sound
ט֭וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

teaching;
לֶ֣קַח (le·qaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3948: Something received, instruction, inveiglement

do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

abandon
תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ (ta·‘ă·zō·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

my instruction.
תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י (tō·w·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law


Additional Translations
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my instruction.For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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