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


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, neither swerve 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.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.