Proverbs 4:6

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Proverbs 4:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

7 Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 4:21

Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Proverbs 2:12

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

Ephesians 3:17

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.