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Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
Proverbs 4:5 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 4:5 in other translations
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Do not forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
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In context
2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
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