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Proverbs 4:2

I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Donum bonum tribuam vobis : legem meam ne derelinquatis.
Septuagint (Swete): δῶρον γὰρ ἀγαθὸν δωροῦμαι ὑμῖν, τὸν ἐμὸν νόμον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε.
Hebrew (WLC): כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י אַֽל תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ

The Fathers on this verse

St Hippolytus On Proverbs, Section I

It must be noted, that he names the law a good gift, on account of the man who takes gifts into his bosom unrighteously. And he forsakes the law who transgresses it; the law, namely, of which he speaks, or which he has kept.