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Monday, October 6th, 2025
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Updated Bible Version
Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine; Don't forsake my law.
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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.
New English Translation
Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.
Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.
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.
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 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: 2 For I give you good doctrine; Don't forsake my law. 3 For I was a son to my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; 5 Get wisdom, get understanding; Don't forget, neither decline from the words of my mouth; 6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you. 7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yes, with all your getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she will promote you; She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. 9 She will give to your head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty she will deliver to you. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of your life shall 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
therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had sex with his wife; and she bore a son, and named him Seth. For, [she said], God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
And Adam had sex with his wife; and she bore a son, and named him Seth. For, [she said], God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he named him Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the name of Yahweh.
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he named him Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:
And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
Genesis 47:3
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your slaves are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your slaves are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Psalms 127:3
Look, sons are a heritage of Yahweh; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
Look, sons are a heritage of Yahweh; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
Amos 7:15
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
Luke 11:51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yes, I say to you, it shall be required of 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 תורתי "doctrinam meam", Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Amama "instructionem meam", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Doctrine - Knowledge orally given and received.
