Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Guard it, for it is your life.
New American Standard Bible
Guard her, for she is your
King James Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
International Standard Version
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life!
A Conservative Version
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.
American Standard Version
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
Amplified
Take hold of instruction; [actively seek it, grip it firmly and] do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.
Bible in Basic English
Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
Darby Translation
Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Julia Smith Translation
Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.
King James 2000
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.
Modern King James verseion
Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she is your life.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
NET Bible
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.
New Heart English Bible
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
The Emphasized Bible
Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, - keep her, for, she, is thy life.
Webster
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
World English Bible
Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
Duty » Three-fold appropriation (taking) » Instruction
God » Wisdom of » Select readings
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Right Path
12
when you run, you will not stumble.
Guard it, for it is your life.
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:18
and those who hold on to her are happy.
Proverbs 3:22
and adornment
Genesis 32:26
Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”
Deuteronomy 32:47
For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Proverbs 23:23
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
and the advantage of knowledge
is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
Song of Songs 3:4
when I found the one I love.
I held on to him and would not let him go
until I brought him to my mother’s house
to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
Luke 24:27-29
Then beginning with Moses
John 4:39-42
Now many Samaritans
John 6:68
Simon Peter
Acts 2:42
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,
Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Hold on to what is good.
Hebrews 2:1
We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
Revelation 2:13
Revelation 12:11
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death.