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


In Context

10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee.

11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

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

14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

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 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 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.