Mishle 4:5

5 Acquire chochmah, acquire binah (understanding); forget it not; neither turn from the words of my peh (mouth).

Mishle 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.

Mishle 4:5 In-Context

3 For I was ben to avi, tender and yachid (an only child) before immi.

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine lev retain my words; be shomer over my mitzvot, and live.

5 Acquire chochmah, acquire binah (understanding); forget it not; neither turn from the words of my peh (mouth).

6 Forsake her not, and she shall be shomer over thee; love her, and she shall protect thee.

7 Chochmah is the principal thing; therefore get chochmah, and with all thy getting get binah (understanding).