Proverbs 4:5

5 Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding. Do not forget. Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.

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 boy [learning] from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother,

4 they used to teach me and say to me, "Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may live.

5 Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding. Do not forget. Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.

6 Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you. Love wisdom, and it will protect you.

7 The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding with all that you have.