Proverbs 4:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ Then he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; Guard my commands, 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

Genesis 18:19

“For I have known him, so that he commands his children and his household after him, to guard the way of יהוה, to do righteousness and right-ruling, so that יהוה  brings to Aḇ

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Shelomoh, know the Elohim of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a pleasing life, for יהוה  searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you do seek Him, He is found by you; but if you forsake Him, He rejects you forever.

Psalm 119:11

I have treasured up Your word in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

Psalm 119:144

The righteousness of Your witnesses is forever; Make me understand, that I might live.

Psalm 119:168

I have guarded Your orders and Your witnesses, For all my ways are before You.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he turns not away from it.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes watch my ways.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my Torah, And let your heart watch over my commands;

Proverbs 3:2

For length of days and long life And peace they add to you.

Proverbs 7:2

Guard my commands and live, And my Torah as the apple of your eye.

Isaiah 55:3

“Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, so that your being lives. And let Me make an everlasting covenant with you, the trustworthy kindnesses of Dawiḏ

Jeremiah 38:20

But Yirmeyahu said, “They shall not hand you over. Please, obey the voice of יהוה  which I speak to you, and let it be well with you, and your life be spared.

John 12:50

“And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

Ephesians 6:4

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Master.

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only, guard yourself, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the Words your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children and your grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 6:6

“And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart,

2 Timothy 1:5

For I recollect the sincere belief which is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunike, and I am persuaded is in you too.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a babe you have known the Set-apart Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for deliverance through belief in Messiah יהושע.

Hebrews 5:9

And having been perfected, He became the Causer of everlasting deliverance to all those obeying Him,

Judges 13:12

And Manowaḥ