Proverbs 4:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

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  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did vprightly in the sight of ye Lord, and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father, & bowed neither to the right hand nor to the left.
  • Job 23:11 : 11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
  • Ps 44:18 : 18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
  • Ps 119:51 : 51 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
  • Ps 119:157 : 157 My persecutours and mine oppressours are many: yet doe I not swarue from thy testimonies.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge? 23 (Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, 3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: 4 If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding. 14 For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde. 15 It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. 16 Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory. 17 Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie. 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

    8Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

  • Prov 4:4
    83%

    4When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

  • Prov 5:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

  • Prov 3:1
    78%

    1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Prov 3:21
    78%

    21My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

  • Prov 4:20-22
    3 verses
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    20My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

    22For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.

  • Prov 4:13
    76%

    13Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.

  • Prov 1:8
    76%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Prov 4:10
    75%

    10Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • Prov 19:8
    75%

    8He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.

  • Prov 7:25
    75%

    25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

    11Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • Prov 8:33
    75%

    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,

    5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Prov 23:23
    74%

    23Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.

  • Prov 2:6
    74%

    6For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

    2For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.

  • Prov 7:1
    74%

    1My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

  • Prov 1:5
    74%

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

    11For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

  • Prov 1:2
    73%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 6:20
    73%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 2:17
    72%

    17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.

  • Prov 16:16
    72%

    16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Prov 3:13
    72%

    13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

    18For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

  • Prov 9:4
    72%

    4Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,

  • Prov 3:3
    71%

    3Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.