Go
Articles on

Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
2
For I give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
you good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
doctrine
leqach (Hebrew #3948)
properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement
KJV usage: doctrine, learning, fair speech.
Pronounce: leh'-kakh
Origin: from 3947
i, forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
ye not my law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
.
i
Deut. 32:2• 2My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. (Deut. 32:2)

More on:

+
Law

Cross References

+
good.
Prov. 8:6‑9• 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
 7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
 8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
 9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. (Prov. 8:6‑9)
;
Prov. 22:20‑21• 20Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
 21that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee? (Prov. 22:20‑21)
;
Deut. 32:2• 2My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. (Deut. 32:2)
;
Job 33:3• 3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely. (Job 33:3)
;
Psa. 49:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
 2Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.
 3My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding: (Psa. 49:1‑3)
;
John 7:16‑17• 16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but that of him that has sent me.
 17If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself. (John 7:16‑17)
;
1 Tim. 4:6• 6Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up. (1 Tim. 4:6)
;
Titus 1:9• 9clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers. (Titus 1:9)
forsake.
1 Chron. 28:9• 9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever. (1 Chron. 28:9)
;
2 Chron. 7:19• 19But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them; (2 Chron. 7:19)
;
Psa. 89:30‑32• 30If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
 31If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
 32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. (Psa. 89:30‑32)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
2
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my lawf.

JND Translation Notes

+
f
Or "teaching," as ch. 3.1.