Proverbs 4:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Hold fast to instruction, never let it go; keep it, for it is your life.

Cross References

Genesis 32:26

When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struck Jacob’s hip at its socket, so that Jacob’s socket was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

Proverbs 10:17

Whoever follows instruction is in the path to life, but whoever disregards reproof goes astray.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy truth and do not sell: wisdom, instruction, understanding!

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and those who hold her fast are happy.

Proverbs 3:22

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

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and a way to life are the reproofs that discipline,

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life, and wins favor from the Lord;

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.

Song of Solomon 3:4

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

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, “Master, 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 encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart,

Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no trivial matter for you, but rather your very life; by this word you will enjoy a long life on the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Moses Looks upon Canaan.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Test everything; retain what is good.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore, we must attend all the more to what we have heard, so that we may not be carried away.

Revelation 12:11

They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death.

Revelation 2:13

“I know that you live where Satan’s throne is, and yet you hold fast to my name and have not denied your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was martyred among you, where Satan lives.