Spreuken 4:5

5 Verkrijg wijsheid, verkrijg verstand; vergeet niet, en wijk niet van de redenen mijns monds.

Spreuken 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.

Spreuken 4:5 In-Context

3 Want ik was mijns vaders zoon, teder, en een enige voor het aangezicht mijner moeder.
4 Hij nu leerde mij, en zeide tot mij: Uw hart houde mijn woorden vast, onderhoud mijn geboden, en leef.
5 Verkrijg wijsheid, verkrijg verstand; vergeet niet, en wijk niet van de redenen mijns monds.
6 Verlaat ze niet, en zij zal u behoeden; heb ze lief, en zij zal u bewaren.
7 De wijsheid is het voornaamste; verkrijg dan wijsheid, en verkrijg verstand met al uw bezitting.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.