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Proverbs 4:2

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4:2Because I give5 you good instruction,6

do not forsake my teaching.

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Footnotes

  1. 5 The perfect tense has the nuance of instantaneous perfect; the sage is now calling the disciples to listen. It could also be a perfect of resolve, indicating what he is determined to do.
  2. 6 The word לֶקַח (leqakh, “instruction”) can be subjective (instruction acquired) or objective (the thing being taught). The latter fits best here.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for I give you good precepts;

do not forsake my teaching.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I give you sound learning,

so do not forsake my teaching.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for I am giving you good instruction.

Don’t abandon my teaching.

NLTNew Living Translation

for I am giving you good guidance.

Don’t turn away from my instructions.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I have given you good instruction;

do not forsake my teaching.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I give you good doctrine,

Forsake ye not my law.