Proverbs 4:13

Modern English Version

Take hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life.

Cross References

Genesis 32:26

Then He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But Jacob said, “I will not let You go, unless You bless me.”

Proverbs 10:17

He who heeds instruction is on the path of life, but he who refuses reproof goes astray.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy truth, and sell it not; also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; blessed are those who retain her.

Proverbs 3:22

and they will be life to your soul and adornment for your neck.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protective shadow of wisdom is like the protective shadow of silver, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

Song of Solomon 3:4

I had just left them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, and into the room of her who conceived me.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and exhorted them all to remain with the Lord with a loyal heart.

Acts 2:42

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in the prayers.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no idle word for you, because it is your life, and by this word you will prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Examine all things. Firmly hold onto what is good.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we should be more attentive to what we have heard, lest we drift away.

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Revelation 2:13

I know your works and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.