Proverbs 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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

Ver. 2. For I give you good doctrine.] The common cry is, "Who will show us any good?" and every man will lend both ears to a good bargain. The doctrine here delivered is good every way, whether you look to the author, matter, or effect of it, and is therefore worthy of all men to be received, as the Hebrew word a here used for doctrine importeth. The Vulgate renders it, Donum bonurn tribuam vobis: I will give you a good gift, even that good part that shall never be taken from you.

a לקח a verbo רקח quod est accipere.

Proverbs 4:2

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