13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.


In Context

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.

11 I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:

12 Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.

13 Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

14 Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.

15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.

Proverbs 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.