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


In Context

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

3 For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.

4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

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

6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

7 The first thing is wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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