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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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Prov. 1:22‑23• 22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom?
 23Turn you at my reproof:{HR}Behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you,{HR}I will make known my words unto you. (Prov. 1:22‑23)
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Prov. 2:2‑4• 2So that thou wilt incline thine ear to wisdom,{HR}And apply thy heart to understanding;
 3Yea if thou cry after discernment,{HR}[And] lift up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid treasures; (Prov. 2:2‑4)
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Prov. 3:13‑18• 13Blessed [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom,{HR}And the man [that] getteth understanding.
 14For the gain thereof [is] better than the gain of silver,{HR}And her revenue than fine gold.
 15She [is] more precious than rubies,{HR}And all the things thou canst desire are not equal to her.
 16Length of days [is] in her right hand,{HR}In her left hand riches and honour.
 17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness,{HR}And all her paths [are] peace.
 18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold on her;{HR}And blessed [is] he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:13‑18)
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Prov. 8:5• 5O ye simple, understand prudence;{HR}And, ye foolish, be of understanding heart. (Prov. 8:5)
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Prov. 17:16• 16Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,{HR}Seeing [he is] void of sense? (Prov. 17:16)
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Prov. 18:1• 1He that separateth himself seeketh pleasure,{HR}He rageth against all wisdom. (Prov. 18:1)
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Prov. 19:8• 8He that getteth sense loveth his own soul;{HR}He that keepeth understanding shall find good. (Prov. 19:8)
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Prov. 23:23• 23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not—{HR}Wisdom and instruction and understanding. (Prov. 23:23)
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James 1:5• 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given 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• 11To his step my foot hath held,{HR}His way have I kept, and not turned aside: (Job 23:11)
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Psa. 44:18• 18Our heart hath not turned backward,{HR}Nor hath our step declined from thy path. (Psa. 44:18)
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Psa. 119:51,157• 51Proud [men] deride me exceedingly:{HR}From thy law I swerve not.
 157Many [are] my persecutors and mine oppressors;{HR}From thy testimonies I decline not. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Get wisdom, get understanding;{HR}Forget not neither decline from the words of my mouth.