Verse 13
Proverbs 4:13
Young's Literal Translation
13
Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּ/מּוּסָ֣ר אַל תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗/הָ כִּי הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽי/ךָ
English Translation
Hold fast to instruction; do not let it go; guard it, for it is your life.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
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For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
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For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
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And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
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Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
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Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
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The first thing [is] wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
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Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
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She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
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Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.
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In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
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In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
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Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
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Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
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Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
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For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they caus...
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For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
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And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is establi...
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The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
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My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
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Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
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For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
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Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
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Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
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Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
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Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
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