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Proverbs 4:2

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

KJV

Donum bonum tribuam vobis : legem meam ne derelinquatis.

Vulgate

δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθὸν δωροῦμαι ὑμῖν, τὸν ἐμὸν νόμον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε.

LXX

For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

ASV

כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָ/כֶ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗/י אַֽל תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 221×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֶֽקַח
lqch
noun · 9×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1Tim 4:6 — If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
  • 2Chr 7:19 — But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
  • Deut 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
  • Job 11:4 — For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
  • Job 33:3 — My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
  • John 7:16 — Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
  • Prov 8:6 — Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
  • Prov 8:6 — Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
  • Prov 22:20 — Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
  • Ps 49:1 — Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
  • Ps 89:30 — If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
  • Titus 1:9 — Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.