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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Proverbs 4:2
Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.
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Christian Standard Bible®
for I am giving you good instruction.Don’t abandon my teaching.
for I am giving you good instruction.Don’t abandon my teaching.
Hebrew Names Version
For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
English Standard Version
for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
New Century Version
What I am telling you is good, so do not forget what I teach you.
What I am telling you is good, so do not forget what I teach you.
Amplified Bible
For I give you good doctrine; Do not turn away from my instruction.
For I give you good doctrine; Do not turn away from my instruction.
New American Standard Bible
For I give you good teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.
For I give you good teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.
World English Bible
For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
For I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
Legacy Standard Bible
For I give you sound learning;Do not forsake my instruction.
For I give you sound learning;Do not forsake my instruction.
Berean Standard Bible
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my instruction.
For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my instruction.
Contemporary English Version
My advice is useful, so don't turn away.
My advice is useful, so don't turn away.
Complete Jewish Bible
for I am giving you good advice; so don't abandon my teaching.
for I am giving you good advice; so don't abandon my teaching.
Darby Translation
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
Easy-to-Read Version
The advice I give is good, so don't ever forget what I teach you.
The advice I give is good, so don't ever forget what I teach you.
George Lamsa Translation
Because I give you good doctrine, do not forsake my law.
Because I give you good doctrine, do not forsake my law.
Good News Translation
What I am teaching you is good, so remember it all.
What I am teaching you is good, so remember it all.
Lexham English Bible
For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.
For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.
Literal Translation
for I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.
for I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee I shal geue you a good rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe.
Yee I shal geue you a good rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe.
American Standard Version
For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
Bible in Basic English
For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching.
King James Version (1611)
For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law.
For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe.
For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
English Revised Version
For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.
For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal yyue to you a good yifte; forsake ye not my lawe.
Y schal yyue to you a good yifte; forsake ye not my lawe.
Update Bible Version
For I give you good doctrine; Don't forsake my law.
For I give you good doctrine; Don't forsake my law.
Webster's Bible Translation
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
New King James Version
For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
New Living Translation
for I am giving you good guidance. Don't turn away from my instructions.
for I am giving you good guidance. Don't turn away from my instructions.
New Life Bible
For I give you good teaching. Do not turn away from it.
For I give you good teaching. Do not turn away from it.
New Revised Standard
for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
Revised Standard Version
for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.
Young's Literal Translation
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.
For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.
Contextual Overview
1 Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment. 2 Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, 4 he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live. 5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak. 6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you. 7 Wisdom is supreme—so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding! 8 Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. 9 She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you." 10 Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
good: Proverbs 8:6-9, Proverbs 22:20, Proverbs 22:21, Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 33:3, Psalms 49:1-3, John 7:16, John 7:17, 1 Timothy 4:6, Titus 1:9
forsake: 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 7:19, Psalms 89:30-32
Reciprocal: Job 33:33 - hearken Psalms 49:3 - mouth Jeremiah 35:8 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord .
And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord .
Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.
Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." "I'm ready," Joseph replied.
Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." "I'm ready," Joseph replied.
Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did."
Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did."
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Psalms 127:3
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord , the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord , the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Amos 7:15
Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'
Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'
Luke 11:51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For I give you good doctrine,.... Whose author, matter, use, and tendency, are good, and therefore should be received; so the Gospel is called, 1 Timothy 4:6; and no other is here meant: it is the doctrine concerning Wisdom or Christ, as the following verses show; which serves to exalt him, and makes for the good and welfare of immortal souls; and such is the doctrine of the Scriptures, of Christ and his apostles, even all the doctrines and truths of the Gospel;
forsake you not my law; or "doctrine" o; not the law given on Mount Sinai, as Gersom interprets it; but the doctrine of Christ, which goes out from Mount Zion: this the children of Wisdom should not neglect, relinquish, drop, or depart from; but should keep it, and abide by it.
o ת××¨×ª× "doctrinam meam", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Amama "instructionem meam", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Doctrine - Knowledge orally given and received.
