Proverbs 4:5

5 Get wisdom; get understanding. Don't forget and don't turn away from my words.

Proverbs 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding
Not only moral and political wisdom and understanding, but that which is spiritual and evangelical; Christ, and the knowledge of him; he being the only happy man that has an interest in him, and is possessed of him by faith, which is the meaning of getting him; (See Gill on Proverbs 3:13); by which it appears, that what Solomon had before delivered, and afterwards repeats and urges, was the same his father David, that wise, great, and good man, taught him; and which he mentions, the more to recommend the getting of wisdom and understanding to others; forget [it] not;
when gotten, keep it in remembrance; be continually meditating on Wisdom, or Christ, his glories and excellencies; the fulness of grace and truth in him; the blessings of goodness which come by him; the great use and profit of having and enjoying him; neither decline from the words of my mouth;
the above instructions, and all others he gave unto him.

Proverbs 4:5 In-Context

3 When I was a son to my father, tender and my mother's favorite,
4 he taught me and said to me: "Let your heart hold on to my words: Keep my commands and live.
5 Get wisdom; get understanding. Don't forget and don't turn away from my words.
6 Don't abandon her, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will protect you.
7 The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! Get understanding before anything else.
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