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Proverbs 4

Proverbs 4 ( Proverbs • Chapter 4 (27 verses)): Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Solomon's Temple & Wisdom Literature—King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Ramah 4 (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 1:19 , 1 Sam 2:11 , 1 Sam 7:17 , 1 Sam 8:4 , 1 Sam 15:34 , 1 Sam 16:13 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).) Hazor 4 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 11:33 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Proverbs 1:1 : "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ;"; Proverbs 6:7 : "Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,"; Proverbs 27:5 : "Open rebuke is better than secret love.". Related canonical books and chapters: Proverbs 4 ( Proverbs • Chapter 4 (27 verses)), Proverbs (Old Testament • 31 Chapters), Proverbs 14 (Proverbs • Chapter 14 (35 verses)).

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Proverbs 4
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Proverbs • Chapter 4 (27 verses)

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs
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Old Testament • 31 Chapters

Proverbs (Old Testament, 31 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Judah . Key places: Egypt . Opens with: "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ;..."

Proverbs 14
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Proverbs • Chapter 14 (35 verses)

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve the...

Proverbs 24
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Proverbs • Chapter 24 (34 verses)

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

גּוֹרָל
goral (gôrāl) [go-RAWL]
H1486 Hebrew noun masculine 77x
lot, destiny, allotment, inheritance

Sacred lot cast to determine divine will (Proverbs 16:33), allocate promised land to tribes, and designate Yom Kippur goats (Leviticus 16:8).

Derivation: From an unused root meaning rough, pebble.
חָכְמָה
hokma (ḥokmâ) [khok-MAW]
H2451 Hebrew noun feminine 153x
wisdom, skill, godly discernment

Skillful living, moral insight, master craftsmanship; theological personification in Proverbs 8 co-working with God at creation; fear of the Lord is its beginning.

Derivation: From חָכַם (H2450) to be wise.
Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Ramah 4
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Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 1:19 , 1 Sam 2:11 , 1 Sam 7:17 , 1 Sam 8:4 , 1 Sam 15:34 , 1 Sam 16:13 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).

Hazor 4
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Biblical Place • 31.833°N, 35.200°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 11:33 .

1 Corinthians 4
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 4 (21 verses)

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ , and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Corinthians 14
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 14 (40 verses)

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men t...

1 John 4
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1 John • Chapter 4 (21 verses)

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesse... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.

1 Peter 4
53% Chapter
1 Peter • Chapter 4 (19 verses)

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For th... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Thessalonians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus , that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus . For this is the will of God, even you... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Macedonia .

1 Timothy 4
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1 Timothy • Chapter 4 (16 verses)

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

2 Corinthians 4
53% Chapter
2 Corinthians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscien... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

2 Timothy 4
53% Chapter
2 Timothy • Chapter 4 (22 verses)

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ , who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when t... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Thessalonica , Galatia , Dalmatia , Ephesus , Troas .

Acts 4
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Acts • Chapter 4 (37 verses)

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , David , Joses , Jerusalem , Nazareth , Cyprus .

Acts 14
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Acts • Chapter 14 (28 verses)

And it came to pass in Iconium , that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the bre... Mentions: Iconium , Lystra , Derbe , Lycaonia , Antioch 1 .

Acts 24
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Acts • Chapter 24 (27 verses)

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that ve... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Asia .

Colossians 4
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Colossians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ , f... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Laodicea , Hierapolis .

Ephesians 4
52% Chapter
Ephesians • Chapter 4 (32 verses)

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Galatians 4
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Galatians • Chapter 4 (31 verses)

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Sinai , Arabia , Jerusalem .

Hebrews 4
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Hebrews • Chapter 4 (16 verses)

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For ... Mentions: David , Yeshua the Messiah .

James 4
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James • Chapter 4 (17 verses)

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask a...

John 4
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John • Chapter 4 (54 verses)

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John , (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee . Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Galilee , Samaria , Sychar , Jerusalem , Cana .

John 14
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John • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas .

Luke 4
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Luke • Chapter 4 (44 verses)

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan , and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the So... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Joseph , Jacob/Israel , Naaman , Simon , Jordan , Jerusalem , Galilee , Nazareth , Capernaum .

Luke 14
51% Chapter
Luke • Chapter 14 (35 verses)

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawfu... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Scripture Passages (24)

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ;

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Proverbs 4:2 (KJV)
Proverbs 4 KJV

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

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

These are also proverbs of Solomon , which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Proverbs 14:18 (KJV)
Proverbs 14 KJV

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

Proverbs 14:25 (KJV)
Proverbs 14 KJV

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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