Proverbs 4:13

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Take hold of my instruction; let it not go,—but keep it for thyself for thy life.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּמּוּסָ֣ר אַל־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ כִּי־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπιλαβοῦ ἐμῆς παιδείας, μὴ ἀφῇς, ἀλλὰ φύλαξον αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ εἰς ζωήν σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
• Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• Deuteronomy 32:47For 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.”
• Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
• Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
• John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
• Song of Songs 3:4I 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.
• Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
• Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
• Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
• Proverbs 3:22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
• Luke 24:27–29And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself. As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther. But they…
• John 4:39–42Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two…

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