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Proverbs 4:6
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Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;love her, and she will guard you.
Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Hold on to wisdom, and it will take care of you. Love it, and it will keep you safe.
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.
"Do not turn away from her (Wisdom) and she will guard and protect you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
"Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;Love her, and she will guard you.
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
If you love Wisdom and don't reject her, she will watch over you.
Don't abandon [wisdom]; then she will preserve you; love her, and she will protect you.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will save you.
Do not abandon wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will keep you safe.
Do not forsake her—then she will guard you; love her and she will keep you.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you.
Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the.
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; love her, and she will keep thee.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee.
And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.
Forsake thou not it, and it schal kepe thee; loue thou it, and it schal kepe thee.
Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.
Don't turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you. Love her, and she will guard you.
Do not leave her alone, and she will keep you safe. Love her, and she will watch over you.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, - love her and she will keep thee.
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.
Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
"Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
love: Proverbs 4:21, Proverbs 4:22, Proverbs 2:10-12, Ephesians 3:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:10
Reciprocal: Proverbs 2:11 - General Proverbs 3:16 - and Proverbs 6:21 - General Proverbs 7:4 - Say Proverbs 11:9 - through Proverbs 19:8 - he that keepeth Philippians 4:7 - shall
Cross-References
Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Cain. Eve said, "With the Lord 's help, I have made a man!"
At harvest time, Cain brought a gift to the Lord . He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel brought some animals from his flock. He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift.
But he did not accept Cain and his offering. Cain was sad because of this, and he became very angry.
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." So they went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can bear!
A fool's anger will kill him. His jealousy will destroy him.
"I, the Lord , am the one speaking to you. Come, let's discuss this. Even if your sins are as dark as red dye, that stain can be removed and you will be as pure as wool that is as white as snow.
This is what the Lord says: "Do you think that I was not fair to your ancestors? Is that why they turned away from me? Your ancestors worshiped worthless idols, and they became worthless themselves.
People of this generation, pay attention to the Lord 's message! "Have I been like a desert to the people of Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to them? My people say, ‘We are free to go our own way. We will not come back to you!' Why do they say these things?
I can do what I want with my own money. Why would you be jealous because I am generous?'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee,.... That is, Wisdom, or Christ. Men may be said to forsake Christ when they forsake the assembly of his church and people, which are his other self; when they forsake his ministers, his ambassadors, and representatives; when they forsake his word and ordinances; when they drop the doctrines of the Gospel, or depart from them; when they quit the profession they have formerly made. Nominal believers and formal professors may forsake him finally and totally; true believers only partially and for a time, through the weakness of the flesh, the temptations of Satan, the snares of the world, and the prevalence of corruption; and therefore such an exhortation is necessary, and ought to be regarded. To forsake Christ is a very great evil; it is against a man's own interest, and is of dangerous consequence, and therefore to be guarded against; to abide by him, his truths and ordinances, is very commendable; such shall be "preserved" by him safe to his kingdom and glory;
love her, and she shall keep thee; Christ is to be loved for the excellencies and perfections of his nature; for the loveliness of his person; for the love he has showed to his people; for what he in love has done and suffered for them, and is now doing; for the fulness of his grace and salvation, and the suitableness of them to them; for the communion he indulges them in with himself; for the relations of an head, husband, father, brother, and friend, he stands in to them: and also under the character of Wisdom, he being the only wise God and their Saviour, the Wisdom of God and Wisdom to them; and whose Gospel is the Wisdom of God in a mystery. He is to be loved, all of him and that belong unto him, and above all creatures and things, ardently, sincerely, and constantly; and such lovers of him shall be "kept" by him from the evil of the world; from the power and dominion of sin, and condemnation by it; from being destroyed by Satan, and his temptations; and from a final and total falling away, so as not to perish everlastingly; they are kept in his own hands, in his Father's love and his own, in the everlasting covenant; and in a state of grace, of sanctification, justification, and adoption. Not that loving Christ, and cleaving to him, are the causes of this preservation; but his love, grace, and power; yet these are descriptive of the persons kept and preserved: and the preservation and keeping of them is used as an argument to love him, and cleave unto him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, âThe beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.â To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.
Proverbs 4:12
The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (âwhen thou runnestâ) there is no risk of falling.
Proverbs 4:13
She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.
Proverbs 4:16
A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.
Proverbs 4:17
i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, âThey eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.â Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.
Proverbs 4:18
Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good manâs life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lordâs teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.
Proverbs 4:20
The teacher speaks again in his own person.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 4:6. Forsake her not — Wisdom personified is here represented as a guardian and companion, who, if not forsaken, will continue faithful; if loved, will continue a protector.
