Proverbs 4:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 2 Chr 34:2 : 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left.
  • Job 23:11 : 11 My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
  • Ps 44:18 : 18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Your way;
  • Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet I have not turned aside from Your law.
  • Ps 119:157 : 157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies, yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
  • Prov 2:2-4 : 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
  • Prov 3:13-18 : 13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding. 14 For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles with all wisdom.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.

    7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

    8 Exalt her, and she will promote you: she will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.

  • Prov 4:4
    83%

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

  • Prov 5:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 Hear me now therefore, O children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

    8 Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:

  • Prov 3:1
    78%

    1 My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    78%

    1 My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

    2 That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Prov 3:21
    78%

    21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 4:20-22
    3 verses
    78%

    20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

    21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.

    22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Prov 4:13
    76%

    13 Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your life.

  • Prov 1:8
    76%

    8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 4:10
    75%

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

  • Prov 19:8
    75%

    8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 7:25
    75%

    25 Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you;

    2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

    11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Prov 8:33
    75%

    33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinswoman.

    5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 23:23
    74%

    23 Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

  • Prov 2:6
    74%

    6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

    2 For I give you good teaching, do not forsake my law.

  • Prov 7:1
    74%

    1 My son, keep my words and store up my commandments with you.

  • Prov 1:5
    74%

    5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

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

    11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 1:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 6:20
    73%

    20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5 O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

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

  • Prov 2:17
    72%

    17 Who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15 Avoid it, do not pass 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 choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Prov 3:13
    72%

    13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

    18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

  • Prov 9:4
    72%

    4 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

  • Prov 3:3
    71%

    3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart:

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.