Proverbs 4:2
Strong's Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י ()
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

I give
נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

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

sound
ט֭וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

teaching;
לֶ֣קַח (le·qaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3948: 1) learning, teaching, insight 1a) instruction (obj) 1b) teaching (thing taught) 1b1) teaching-power 1b2) persuasiveness

do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

abandon
תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ (ta·‘ă·zō·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5800: 1) to leave, loose, forsake 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted 2) to restore, repair 2a) (Qal) to repair

my instruction.
תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י (tō·w·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8451: 1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

Young's Literal Translation
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for I am giving you good instruction. Don’t abandon my teaching.

New American Standard Bible
For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.

King James Bible
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.

New Living Translation
for I am giving you good guidance. Don't turn away from my instructions.

English Standard Version
for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.

New American Standard Bible
For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for I am giving you good instruction. Don't abandon my teaching.

International Standard Version
I give you sound teaching, so do not abandon my instruction.

NET Bible
Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

Job 11:4
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Psalm 89:30
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Psalm 119:87
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Proverbs 4:3
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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