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Proverbs 4:13
Proverbs 4:13 is verse 13 of Proverbs chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
King James Version
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.
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Proverbs 4:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Song of Solomon 3:4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Luke 24:28As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.
Luke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
John 4:39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
John 4:40So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
John 4:41And many more believed because of His message.
John 4:42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
Proverbs 3:22They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.