Proverbs 4:13 “Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.”

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

World English Bible

Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

American Standard Version

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Geneva Bible 1599

Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.

Darby Translation

Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

Young's Literal Translation

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.

Bible in Basic English

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

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Cross references

“Take”

Hebrews 2:1 Proverbs 3:18 Proverbs 23:23 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Acts 2:42 Acts 11:23

Hebrews 2:1 · BSB

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Proverbs 3:18 · BSB

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

Proverbs 23:23 · BSB

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 · BSB

but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

Acts 2:42 · BSB

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 11:23 · BSB

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

“let”

Song of Solomon 3:4 Genesis 32:26 Luke 24:27–29 John 4:39–42

Song of Solomon 3:4 · BSB

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Genesis 32:26 · BSB

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Luke 24:27–29 · BSB

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

John 4:39–42 · BSB

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

“she”

Deuteronomy 32:47 John 6:68 Ecclesiastes 7:12 Proverbs 3:22

Deuteronomy 32:47 · BSB

For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

John 6:68 · BSB

Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 · BSB

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Proverbs 3:22 · BSB

They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

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