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Proverbs 4:13
Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.
Proverbs 4:13 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 4:13 in other translations
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
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In context
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee.
11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.
14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.
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