English Standard Version
Proverbs 4:13
13Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 4:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
- New International Version (NIV)Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her, for she is your life.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life.
Context of Proverbs 4:13
11I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. 12When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. 14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. 15Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:13 word by word
הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּמּוּסָ֣ר אַל־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ כִּי־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:13
- Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
- Proverbs 23:23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
- Acts 2:42And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
- Acts 11:23When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test everything; hold fast what is good.
- Hebrews 2:1Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
- Revelation 2:13"'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
- Revelation 12:11And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
- Genesis 32:26Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
- Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- Proverbs 3:22and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your neck.
- Deuteronomy 32:47For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."
- Ecclesiastes 7:12For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
- John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Take fast hold - החזק hachazek, seize it strongly, and keep the hold; and do this as for life. Learn all thou canst, retain what thou hast learnt, and keep the reason continually in view - it is for thy life.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-20Verses 4-20 The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalm 15:1-5; Psalm 24:1-10; Proverbs 4:7 Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain. Proverbs 4:12 The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The father offers his children two choices: Avoid evil to escape its bad effects Choose good for its blessingsRead the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Compare Pr 3:18). The figure of laying hold with the hand suggests earnest effort.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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