Proverbs 4:13
Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, || Keep her, for she [is] your life.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
In Context
12In your walking your step is not restricted, || And if you run, you do not stumble.
14Do not enter into the path of the wicked, || And do not be blessed in a way of evildoers.
Cross References
Genesis 32:26and He says, “Send Me away, for the dawn has ascended”: and he says, “I do not send You away, except You have blessed me.”
Proverbs 3:18She [is] a tree of life to those laying hold on her, || And whoever is retaining her [is] blessed.
Proverbs 6:23For the command [is] a lamp, || And the Law a light, || And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
Proverbs 10:17A traveler to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, || And whoever is forsaking rebuke is erring.
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defense, || And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], || She revives her possessors.
Luke 24:27And having begun from Moses, and from all the Prophets, He was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about 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 →