Proverbs 4:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
  • Prov 2:10-12 : 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. 11 Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, 12 to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
  • Prov 4:21-22 : 21 Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart; 22 for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:4-5
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    4he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 4:7-10
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    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

    8Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

    9She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”

    10Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 4:13
    79%

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

  • Prov 4:21-23
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    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

    23Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

  • Prov 7:3-5
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    3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

    4Say to wisdom,“You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,

    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 6:20-22
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    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

    22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

  • Prov 2:11
    77%

    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 5:18-20
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    18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth–

    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Prov 3:1
    75%

    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

  • Prov 3:15-18
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    15She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.

    16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

    18She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.

  • Prov 5:6-9
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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • Prov 4:2
    74%

    2Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

  • Prov 3:3
    73%

    3Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 2:4
    73%

    4if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

  • Prov 9:6
    73%

    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

  • Prov 5:2
    73%

    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Prov 7:1
    72%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • Prov 9:4
    72%

    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 19:14
    71%

    14A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 2:20
    71%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 23:26
    71%

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;