Proverbs 4:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.”

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BSBPD

“For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:2 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
  2. 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  4. Job 11:4You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
  5. Job 33:3My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
  6. Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
  7. Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
  8. Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
  9. Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
  10. Proverbs 22:20Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
  11. John 7:16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
  12. 1 Timothy 4:6By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.
  13. Titus 1:9He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

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