Proverbs 4:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,
  • Prov 2:10-12 : 10 For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant, 11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee, 12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
  • Prov 4:21-22 : 21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

    5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 4:7-10
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    81%

    7 The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.

    8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

    9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.

    10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

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

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

    26 For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

    17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

  • Prov 4:21-23
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    21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

    22 For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

    23 Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.

  • Prov 7:3-5
    3 verses
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    3 Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

    4 Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou `art'.' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'

    5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • 25 Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Prov 6:20-22
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    20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

    21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

    22 In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee.

  • 11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

  • Prov 5:18-20
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    18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

    19 A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

    20 And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • 21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • 1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  • Prov 3:15-18
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    15 Precious she `is' above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

    16 Length of days `is' in her right hand, In her left `are' wealth and honour.

    17 Her ways `are' ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `are' peace.

    18 A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.

  • Prov 5:6-9
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    6 The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

    7 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

    8 Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

    9 Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

  • 8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • 2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

  • 3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

  • 8 Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

  • 4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

  • 6 Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

  • 2 To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • 1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

  • 4 `Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

  • 14 House and wealth `are' the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah `is' an understanding wife.

  • 20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

  • 26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.