KJV King James Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
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Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
WEB World English Bible
Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
ASV American Standard Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 4
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
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Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.Proverbs 3:18She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.Deuteronomy 32:47For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.1 Thessalonians 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.Acts 2:42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.John 6:68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.Song of Solomon 3:4[It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it.Revelation 2:13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, [even] where Satan’s seat [is]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas [was] my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.Luke 24:27-29And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.Proverbs 3:22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.John 4:39-42And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
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