5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.


In Context

2 I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

3 For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

4 And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

5 Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.

7 The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

Proverbs 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.