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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
you good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
doctrine
leqach (Hebrew #3948)
properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement
KJV usage: doctrine, learning, fair speech.
Pronounce: leh'-kakh
Origin: from 3947
i, forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
ye not my law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Deut. 32:2• 2My doctrine shall drop as rain,{HR}My speech flow down as dew,{HR}As small rain upon the tender herb,{HR}And as showers on the grass.{HR} (Deut. 32:2)

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Prov. 8:6‑9• 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things,{HR}And the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
 7For my palate shall meditate truth,{HR}And wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
 8All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness;{HR}[There is] nothing crooked or perverse in them.
 9They [are] all plain to him that understandeth,{HR}And right to them that find knowledge. (Prov. 8:6‑9)
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Prov. 22:20‑21• 20Have not I written to thee excellent things{HR}In counsels and knowledge,
 21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;{HR}That thou mightest report words of truth to them that send thee? (Prov. 22:20‑21)
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Deut. 32:2• 2My doctrine shall drop as rain,{HR}My speech flow down as dew,{HR}As small rain upon the tender herb,{HR}And as showers on the grass.{HR} (Deut. 32:2)
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Job 33:3• 3My words [shall be] the uprightness of my heart,{HR}And my knowledge shall my lips utter purely. (Job 33:3)
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Psa. 49:1‑3• 1To the chief musician; for the sons of Korah, a psalm.{HR}Hear ye this, all ye peoples;{HR}Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
 2Both low and high, rich and poor together.
 3My mouth speaketh wisdom,{HR}And the meditation of my heart [is] understanding. (Psa. 49:1‑3)
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John 7:16‑17• 16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
 17If one desire to do his will, he shall know about the doctrine whether it is of God or I speak from myself. (John 7:16‑17)
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1 Tim. 4:6• 6Setting these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and the good teaching which thou hast followed up. (1 Tim. 4:6)
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Titus 1:9• 9holding to the faithful word that is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to encourage in the healthful doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers. (Titus 1:9)
forsake.
1 Chron. 28:9• 9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off forever. (1 Chron. 28:9)
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2 Chron. 7:19• 19But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them; (2 Chron. 7:19)
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Psa. 89:30‑32• 30If his sons forsake my law,{HR}And walk not in my judgments,
 31If they profane my statutes,{HR}And keep not my commandments,
 32Then will I visit their transgressions with a rod{HR}And their iniquities with stripes. (Psa. 89:30‑32)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my lawf.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "teaching," as ch. 3.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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For I give you good doctrine:{HR}Forsake ye not my law.