Proverbs 4:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.
  • Job 23:11 : 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
  • Ps 44:18 : 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
  • Ps 119:51 : 51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
  • Ps 119:157 : 157 ¶ Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 ¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace. 18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 ¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 ¶ Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 ¶ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

  • Prov 4:4
    83%

    4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

  • Prov 5:7-8
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    7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

    8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  • Prov 3:1
    78%

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

    2That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 4:20-22
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    20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

    22For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Prov 4:13
    76%

    13Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

  • Prov 1:8
    76%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 4:10
    75%

    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Prov 19:8
    75%

    8¶ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 7:25
    75%

    25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1¶ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

    11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

  • Prov 8:33
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    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

  • Prov 7:4-5
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    4Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 23:23
    74%

    23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  • Prov 2:6
    74%

    6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 4:1-2
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    1¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

    2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

  • Prov 7:1
    74%

    1¶ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

  • Prov 1:5
    74%

    5A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 1:2
    73%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

    23¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20¶ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 2:17
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Prov 16:16
    72%

    16¶ How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • Prov 3:13
    72%

    13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17¶ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

    18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • Prov 9:4
    72%

    4Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 3:3
    71%

    3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.