Proverbs 4:5 {6}
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Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.

get wisdom

Proverbs 1:22,23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. . . .

Proverbs 2:2-4 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: . . .

Proverbs 3:13-18 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold: . . .

Proverbs 8:5 Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

Proverbs 17:16 What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

Proverbs 18:1 He that hath a mind to depart from a friend, seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.

Proverbs 19:8 But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence, shall find good things.

Proverbs 23:23 Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

James 1:5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

neither

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: he declined not, neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Job 23:11 My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

Psalm 44:18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in thy covenant.

Psalm 119:51,157 The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law. . . .

Context
A Father's Instruction
4Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth. 5Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.6The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.…
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Proverbs 4:7
Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.

Proverbs 16:16
Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.

Lexicon
Get
קְנֵ֣ה (qə·nêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

wisdom,
חָ֭כְמָה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

get
קְנֵ֣ה (qə·nêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

understanding;
בִינָ֑ה (ḇî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 998: An understanding

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

forget
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח (tiš·kaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

my words
מֵֽאִמְרֵי־ (mê·’im·rê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 561: Something said

or turn from them.
תֵּ֝֗ט (têṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend


Additional Translations
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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

and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.

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

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

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

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

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