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


In Context

10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

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

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy 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.