The Meaning of Proverbs 4:2 Explained

Proverbs 4:2

KJV: For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

YLT: For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

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

ASV: For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

Discover Proverbs 4:2

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 4:2?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 4:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 4:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 4:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For I give  you good  doctrine,  forsake  ye not my law. 

What does Proverbs 4:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 4:1-9 - The Counsels Of Experience.
Here are many duties! Be generous! Of course we must discriminate-to whom it is due; and we must be prudent-when it is in the power of thine hand, Proverbs 3:27. Moreover, be prompt, Proverbs 3:28. Don't stir up strife or take a mean advantage, Proverbs 3:29-30. In the presence of the prosperity of the violent and evil man, repress envy and recall Psalms 37:1-40.
The word translated secret in Proverbs 3:32 should be rendered "friendship." See Psalms 25:14. Remember that Jesus calls us into this sacred inner circle, John 15:15. Count on God blessing your home-life, Proverbs 3:33. Be lowly and claim your great inheritance, Proverbs 3:34-35. See Matthew 5:3.
We are next admitted into an ancient Hebrew home, Proverbs 4:1-9. We can hear the old patriarch advising his son, with deep and fond anxiety, that he should make the best of his life. What a difference would come over the land if fathers spoke more often like this! But to speak thus needs a background of noble living. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 4

1  persuades to wisdom
14  and to show wickedness
20  He exhorts to sanctification

What do the individual words in Proverbs 4:2 mean?

For doctrine good I give you my law not do forsake
כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י אַֽל־ תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ

לֶ֣קַח  doctrine 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶקַח  
Sense: learning, teaching, insight.
ט֭וֹב  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
נָתַ֣תִּי  I  give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י  my  law 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ  do  forsake 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָזַב 
Sense: to leave, loose, forsake.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 4:2?

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