Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
In Context
12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
Cross References
Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 10:17Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.
Luke 24:27And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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 →