Proverbs 4:13
Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
In context
10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. 11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. 12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. 13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. 15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 4:13 in the KJV
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 4:13 in the NIV
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.