Proverbs 4:13
Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
In Context
14Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked:
Cross References
Genesis 32:26And he said: let me go, for the day breaketh. Whiche aunswered: I will not let thee go, except thou blesse me.
Proverbs 3:18The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
Proverbs 6:23For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:
Proverbs 10:17Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be nurtured, deceaueth hym selfe.
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wysdome defendeth aswell as money, and the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession.
Luke 24:27And he began at Moyses, and all the prophetes, and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were writen of hym.
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 →