Proverbs 4:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴ He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: Keep my commandments, and live.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He taught me and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live. [I Chron. 28:9; Eph. 6:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

Common English Bible

⁴ he taught me and said to me: “Let your heart hold on to my words: Keep my commands and live.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he taught me, and he also said: "Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.

Proverbs 4:4 Cross References

Proverbs 3:1

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

John 12:50

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Proverbs 7:2

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:4

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:6

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Hebrews 5:9

and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

2 Timothy 1:5

when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Psalm 119:11

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Psalm 119:168

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Judges 13:12

And Mano´ah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?

Psalm 119:144

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

Proverbs 3:2

for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.