Sprueche 4:5

5 Erwirb Weisheit, erwirb Verstand; vergiß nicht und weiche nicht ab von den Reden meines Mundes.

Sprueche 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.

Sprueche 4:5 In-Context

3 Denn ein Sohn bin ich meinem Vater gewesen, ein zarter und einziger vor meiner Mutter.

4 Und er lehrte mich und sprach zu mir: Dein Herz halte meine Worte fest; beobachte meine Gebote und lebe.

5 Erwirb Weisheit, erwirb Verstand; vergiß nicht und weiche nicht ab von den Reden meines Mundes.

6 Verlaß sie nicht, und sie wird dich behüten; liebe sie, und sie wird dich bewahren.

7 Der Weisheit Anfang ist: Erwirb Weisheit; und um alles, was du erworben hast, erwirb Verstand.