the Fourth Week of Advent
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Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 4:4
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he taught me and said:“Your heart must hold on to my words.Keep my commands and live.
He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my mitzvot, and live.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
my father taught me and said, "Hold on to my words with all your heart. Keep my commands and you will live.
he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.
He taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live.
He taught me and said to me, "Let your heart take hold of my words; Keep my commandments and live;
He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
Then he instructed me and said to me,"Let your heart hold fast my words;Keep my commandments and live;
he taught me and said, "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commandments and you will live.
said to me: "If you follow my teachings and keep them in mind, you will live.
He too taught me; he said to me, "Let your heart treasure my words; keep my commands, and live;
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
my father taught me this: "Pay attention to what I say. Obey my commands and you will have a good life.
He taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live; and let my law be as the pupil of the eye.
my father would teach me. He would say, "Remember what I say and never forget it. Do as I tell you, and you will live.
he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast to my words; guard my commandments and live.
And he taught me and said to me, Let your heart cling to my words; keep my commands and live.
he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.
And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.
He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue.
who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live:
And my fadir tauyte me, and seide, Thin herte resseyue my wordis; kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue.
And he taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
He also taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.
My father taught me, "Take my words to heart. Follow my commands, and you will live.
he taught me, saying, "Hold my words close to your heart. Keep my teachings and live.
he taught me, and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.
So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
he taught me, and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live;
Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
He: Proverbs 22:6, Genesis 18:19, 1 Chronicles 22:11-16, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:15
Let: Proverbs 3:1, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 6:6, Psalms 119:11
keep: Proverbs 7:2, Leviticus 18:3-5, Isaiah 55:3, John 12:50, Hebrews 5:9
Reciprocal: Judges 13:12 - How shall we order the child Job 22:22 - lay up Psalms 37:31 - law Proverbs 4:11 - taught Proverbs 4:22 - life Proverbs 6:23 - the way Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 19:8 - he that keepeth Proverbs 22:17 - and hear Luke 2:19 - General John 15:7 - my 2 Timothy 1:13 - Hold
Cross-References
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch.
And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;
And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.
that thou hast caused every one opening a womb to pass over to Jehovah, and every firstling -- the increase of beasts which thou hast: the males [are] Jehovah's.
and fire cometh out from before Jehovah, and consumeth on the altar the burnt-offering, and the fat; and all the people see, and cry aloud, and fall on their faces.
and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume.
all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first-[fruits] which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them.
`Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they [are]: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He taught me also, and said unto me,.... The Targum is,
"they taught me,''
his father and his mother; and so the Septuagint version,
"who said and taught me;''
and the Arabic version,
"they both taught me, and said unto me;''
but in the Hebrew it is singular, and is restrained to the father. He taught him when he was very young, and also gave him instructions when he was older, and a little before his own death; see 1 Chronicles 28:8; he taught him by the several psalms he wrote; some of which are called "maschil", instructive or causing to understand; two of them particularly were written for him, the seventy-second and the hundred twenty-seventh psalms; he taught him in the following words. How far the words of David his father reach is not agreed on, on all hands; some think they end with Proverbs 4:5; others with Proverbs 4:6, others with the Proverbs 4:9, and the words of Solomon begin at Proverbs 4:10: some will have it that they take in the whole chapter, which is not probable; nay, others say that the whole of the book following is his, which can by no means be agreed to: it seems most likely to me that they end at Proverbs 4:6, and at most are not to be carried beyond Proverbs 4:9;
let thine heart retain my words: says David to his son: the instructions he gave him by word of mouth, concerning his moral behaviour, relating to political things, the government of the people; and especially such as concerned the everlasting welfare of his soul, or were about Wisdom or Christ, and the knowledge of divine and spiritual things; these he would have him lay up in his heart, and keep them there, as a rich treasure, to have recourse unto upon all occasions;
keep my commandments, and live: which commandments may respect him both in his private and public capacity, and in a religious and political one; how he should behave as a man, a king, and one that feared God: as well as they may respect his orders for the building of the temple, and settling and establishing the worship of God in it; by observing which he would live comfortably and honourably, and to a good old age.
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, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” 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 (“when thou runnest”) 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, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” 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 man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lord’s 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 4:4. He taught me also, and said — Open thy heart to receive my instructions-receive them with affection; when heard, retain and practise them; and thou shalt live-the great purpose of thy being brought into the world shall be accomplished in thee.
