English Standard Version
Proverbs 4:6
6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 4:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you. Love her, and she will guard you.
Context of Proverbs 4:6
4he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. 5Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. 7The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. 8Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:6 word by word
אַל־תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ אֱהָבֶ֥הָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:6
- Proverbs 4:21Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
- Proverbs 2:10for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
- Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Forsake her not - Wisdom personified is here represented as a guardian and companion, who, if not forsaken, will continue faithful; if loved, will continue a protector.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. 6she: In Proverbs, the text sometimes describes wisdom as a woman (see Proverbs 1:20–33; 8:1–9:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Not only accept but love wisdom, who will keep thee from evil, and evil from thee.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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