A Father’s Instruction
Proverbs 4:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
- KJV
- Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
- WEB
- Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
- ASV
- Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
- LSV
- Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, || Love her, and she keeps you.
- YLT
- Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
- DBY
- Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
- DRC
- Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
- GNV
- Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
- JPS
- Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
- LXXE
- And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַל־תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ אֱהָבֶ֥הָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃
- LXX-Br
- μηδὲ ἐγκαταλίπῃς αὐτὴν, καὶ ἀνθέξεταί σου· ἐράσθητι αὐτῆς, καὶ τηρήσει σε.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Proverbs 4:21–22Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- Proverbs 2:10–12For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).