Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
In context
2 for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. 8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 4:5 in the KJV
Get wisdom, get understanding: Forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 4:5 in the NIV
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.