Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, - keep her, for, she, is thy life.

New American Standard Bible

Take hold of instruction; do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.

King James Version

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Holman Bible

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.

International Standard Version

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life!

A Conservative Version

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

American Standard Version

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Amplified


Take hold of instruction; [actively seek it, grip it firmly and] do not let go.
Guard her, for she is your life.

Bible in Basic English

Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

Darby Translation

Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

Julia Smith Translation

Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.

King James 2000

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.

Modern King James verseion

Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she is your life.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

NET Bible

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

New Heart English Bible

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

Webster

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

World English Bible

Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
let her not go
רפה 
Raphah 
Usage: 46

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Right Path

12 When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, - keep her, for, she, is thy life. 14 Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

Cross References

Proverbs 3:18

A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

Proverbs 3:22

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

Genesis 32:26

Then said he - Let me go, for uprisen hath the dawn. And he said: I will not let thee go, except thou have blessed me

Deuteronomy 32:47

for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life, - and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are, passing over the Jordan to possess it.

Proverbs 23:23

Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver, - but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.

Song of Songs 3:4

Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found the beloved of my soul, - I caught him, and would not let him go, until that I had brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Luke 24:27-29

And, beginning from Moses, and from all the prophets, he thoroughly explained to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself.

John 4:39-42

And, out of that city, many, believed on him - of the Samaritans, - by reason of the word of the woman in bearing witness - He told me all things that ever I did.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him - Lord! unto whom, shall we go? Declarations o life age-abiding, thou hast;

Acts 2:42

And they went on to give constant attention - unto the teaching of the apostles, and unto the fellowship, unto the breaking of bread, and unto the prayers.

Acts 11:23

Who, arriving, and seeing the favour which was of God, rejoiced, and went on to beseech all, with the purpose of their heart, to abide inthe Lord;

1 Thessalonians 5:21

But, all things, put to the proof - what is comely, hold ye fast:

Hebrews 2:1

For this cause, it behoveth us, with unwonted firmness, to be holding fast unto the things that have been heard, lest, at any time, we drift away.

Revelation 2:13

I know where thou dwellest, where, the throne of Satan, is; and thou art holding fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed near you, where, Satan, dwelleth.

Revelation 12:11

And, they, overcame him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of their witnessing word, and they loved not their life, even unto death.

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