Then he said to Jacob, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
Proverbs 4:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Hold on to instruction; don’t let go. Guard it, for it is your life. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. American Standard Version (1901) Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life. Common English Bible Hold on to instruction; don’t slack off; protect it, for it is your life. Catholic Public Domain Version Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life. |
Then he said to Jacob, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
The one who follows instruction is on the path to life, but the one who rejects correction goes astray.
Buy #– #and do not sell #– #truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy.
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favour from the Lord,
because wisdom is protection as silver is protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held on to him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house – to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Simon Peter answered, ‘Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life.
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer.
For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.’
For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death.
I know where you live #– #where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding on to my name and did not deny your faith in me, , even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness who was put to death among you, where Satan lives.