Proverbs 4:2

New International Reader's Version

I give you good advice. So don’t turn away from what I teach you.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“My son Solomon, always remember the God of your father. Serve him with all your heart. Do it with a mind that wants to obey him. The Lord looks deep down inside every heart. He understands every desire and every thought. If you look to him, you will find him. But if you desert him, he will turn his back on you forever.

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But suppose all of you turn away from me. You refuse to obey the rules and commands I have given you. And you go off to serve other gods and worship them.

Job 11:4

You say to God, ‘My beliefs are perfect. I’m pure in your sight.’

Job 33:3

What I say comes from an honest heart. My lips speak only what I know is true.

Psalm 119:87

They almost wiped me off the face of the earth. But I have not turned away from your rules.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching. Keep my commands in your heart.

Jeremiah 35:8

We have done everything Jehonadab, the son of Rekab, commanded us to do. So we and our wives and our children have never drunk wine.

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching fall like rain. Let my words come down like dew. Let them be like raindrops on new grass. Let them be like rain on tender plants.

1 Timothy 4:6

Point out these things to the brothers and sisters. Then you will serve Christ Jesus well. You will show that you’ve grown in the truths of the faith. You will show that you’ve been trained by the good teaching you’ve obeyed.

Titus 1:9

The message as it has been taught can be trusted. He must hold firmly to it. Then he will be able to use true teaching to comfort others and build them up. He will be able to prove that people who oppose it are wrong.