Bible verse
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Proverbs 4:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 4.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
10 Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
KJV
Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
ASV
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
ERV
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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