Proverbs 4:6
Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
In Context
5Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.
7The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:10If wisdom is to enter into your heart, and if knowledge is to become pleasing to your soul,
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel.
Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →