Proverbs 4:13
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; 1 guard it, for it is your life. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
In Context
12When you walk, no one will stand in your way 1 and if you run, you will not stumble. 1
14Do not follow the path of the wicked 1 and do not go along the way of those who do evil. 1
Cross References
Genesis 32:26The man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of it, 1 those who hold on to it are happy. 1
Proverbs 6:23For the commands are a lamp, and the teaching is a light; 1 the corrections that come by instruction are the way of life. 1
Proverbs 10:17There is a path to life for the one who follows discipline, 1 but the one who rejects correction is led astray. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, 2 but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.
Luke 24:27Then beginning from Moses and through all the prophets, Jesus interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.
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 →