Proverbs 4:2

2 For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

Proverbs 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:2

For I give you good doctrine
Whose author, matter, use, and tendency, are good, and therefore should be received; so the Gospel is called, ( 1 Timothy 4:6 ) ; and no other is here meant: it is the doctrine concerning Wisdom or Christ, as the following verses show; which serves to exalt him, and makes for the good and welfare of immortal souls; and such is the doctrine of the Scriptures, of Christ and his apostles, even all the doctrines and truths of the Gospel; forsake you not my law;
or "doctrine" ^F15; not the law given on Mount Sinai, as Gersom interprets it; but the doctrine of Christ, which goes out from Mount Zion: this the children of Wisdom should not neglect, relinquish, drop, or depart from; but should keep it, and abide by it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ytrwt) "doctrinam meam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Amama; "instructionem meam", Schultens.

Proverbs 4:2 In-Context

1 Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.

2 For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

3 When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,

4 he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast [to] my words; guard my commandments and live.

5 Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.