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Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:5 · World English 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; do not forget my words or turn from them.
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 learning. Don’t forsake my law.
3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
6 Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
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