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Young's Literal Translation
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.
Don't turn away from wisdom, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will keep you safe.
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.
"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
And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;
and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;'] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;
For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,
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, “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 4:6. 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.
