Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Holman Bible
Don’t abandon my teaching.
International Standard Version
I give you sound teaching, so do not abandon my instruction.
A Conservative Version
For I give you good doctrine. Forsake ye not my law.
American Standard Version
For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
Amplified
For I give you good doctrine;
Do not
Bible in Basic English
For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
Darby Translation
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
Julia Smith Translation
For I gave to you good instruction; ye shall not forsake my law.
King James 2000
For I give you good doctrine, forsake not my law.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.
Modern King James verseion
For I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law.
NET Bible
Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.
New Heart English Bible
for I give you sound learning. Do not forsake my law.
The Emphasized Bible
For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
Webster
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
World English Bible
for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
Youngs Literal Translation
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
Interlinear
Nathan
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Father's Wisdom
1
Listen my sons to what your father teaches you. Pay attention and gain understanding.
2
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2
My instruction shall drop as the rain; my words shall descend like dew, as the gentle rains on the tender plant, and as the showers on vegetation.
Job 33:3
My words come from an upright heart! My lips sincerely speak what I know.
1 Chronicles 28:9
You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
2 Chronicles 7:19
On the other hand, if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commandments and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,
Job 11:4
You say to God: 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'
Psalm 49:1-3
([Sons of Korah]) Listen to this, all you people. Open your ears, all who live in the world.
Psalm 89:30-32
If his descendants abandon my law and do not live by my rules,
Proverbs 8:6-9
Listen for I speak of excellent things. The truth comes from my lips.
Proverbs 22:20-21
Have I not written to you excellent things in counsel and knowledge?
John 7:16-17
Jesus replied: My teaching is not my own. It is his who sent me.
1 Timothy 4:6
If you tell the brothers about these things, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed until now.
Titus 1:9
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to reprove (refute) (rebuke) those who contradict.