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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.

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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,

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