Proverbs 4:7

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Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.	Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.	Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wisdom^H2451 is the principal thing^H7225; therefore get^H7069 wisdom^H2451: and with all thy getting^H7075 get understanding^H998.

Original Hebrew

רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה קְנֵה חָכְמָה וּבְכָל־קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
רֵאשִׁ֣ית	re.Shit	H7225	HNcfsc	(is) first
חָ֭כְמָה	chokh.mah	H2451	HNcfsa	wisdom
קְנֵ֣ה	ke.Neh	H7069	HVqv2ms	acquire
חָכְמָ֑ה	chokh.mah	H2451	HNcfsa	wisdom
וּ/בְ/כָל	u./ve./Khol-	H3605	HC/R/Ncmsc	and/ by/ all
קִ֝נְיָנְ/ךָ֗	kin.ya.ne./cha	H7075	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	acquisition/ your
קְנֵ֣ה	ke.Neh	H7069	HVqv2ms	acquire
בִינָֽה	vi.Nah	H998	HNcfsa	understanding

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H998 — בִּינָה (bîynâh, bee-naw'): from בִּין; understanding; knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
H7069 — קָנָה (qânâh, kaw-naw'): a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own; attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.
H7075 — קִנְיָן (qinyân, kin-yawn'): from קָנָה; creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth; getting, goods, [idiom] with money, riches, substance.
H7225 — רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'): from the same as רֹאשׁ; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

get understanding — Psalms 119:104
Wisdom is — Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 9:16-18, Matthew 13:44-46, Luke 10:42
with — Psalms 49:16-20, Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 21:6, Ecclesiastes 2:4-9, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Mark 8:36-37, Luke 12:20

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