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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, get
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
: forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
it not; neither decline
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
from the words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
of my mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Get wisdom.
Prov. 1:22‑23• 22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. (Prov. 1:22‑23)
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Prov. 2:2‑4• 2so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
 3yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;
 4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures: (Prov. 2:2‑4)
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Prov. 3:13‑18• 13Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
 14For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold.
 15She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.
 16Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand riches and honour.
 17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
 18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:13‑18)
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Prov. 8:5• 5O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense. (Prov. 8:5)
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Prov. 17:16• 16To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense? (Prov. 17:16)
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Prov. 18:1• 1He that separateth himself seeketh his pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom. (Prov. 18:1)
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Prov. 19:8• 8He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good. (Prov. 19:8)
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence. (Prov. 23:23)
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James 1:5• 5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him: (James 1:5)
neither.
2 Chron. 34:2• 2And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left. (2 Chron. 34:2)
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Job 23:11• 11My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. (Job 23:11)
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Psa. 44:18• 18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path; (Psa. 44:18)
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Psa. 119:51,157• 51The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.
 157Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:51,157)
• It is not knowledge merely which the soul needs, but the wisdom and intelligence to use knowledge aright. This is the principal thing, and this he impresses on the young. (“Proverbs Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.