6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
6 Never walk away from Wisdom - she guards your life; love her - she keeps her eye on you.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.
6 Don't turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you. Love her, and she will guard you.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.
7 Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom! Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding!
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.
7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
(Read Proverbs 4:1-13)
We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.
101 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
101 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
101 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
101 Wise son, glad father; stupid son, sad mother.
101 The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
101 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother.
(Read Proverbs 10:1)
The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 4:6
Commentary on Proverbs 4:1-13
(Read Proverbs 4:1-13)
We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.