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Proverbs 4:13

We must guard the good things that God has given to us. Sometimes evil things might seem attractive. We might remember our behaviour before we knew God. We might see an evil action and we might want to do the same. ‘Stay awake! Pray! Do not allow evil things to tempt you!’ Jesus told this to his followers in Mark 14:38. Paul wrote, ‘Stand firm in freedom, because Christ has freed us!’ (Galatians 5:1)

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See also Proverbs 4:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 4:13. _TAKE FAST HOLD_] החזק _hachazek, seize it strongly_, and keep the hold; and do this as _for life_. Learn all thou canst, retain what thou hast learnt, and keep the reason continu...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_ 2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10) 3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TAKE FAST HOLD. The Hiphils of this clause are emphatic. LET HER NOT GO. do not let her go. SHE. she herself. Emphatic....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 4:10-19 10. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. 11. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; LET HER NOT GO: KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE - (; ). Do not be like children, who are m...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS In Proverbs 4:1 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was handed do...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR SHE IS THY LIFE. — Comp. 1 John 5:12, “He that hath the Son hath life.”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּ † מּוּסָ֣ר אַל ־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins with a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GUIDE-POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. _The path of the just, etc_., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare this beautiful...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his own...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be strait...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION,.... Not the law, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it; but the instruction of wisdom, the doctrine of Christ or the Gospel; see Proverbs 8:1; which is an instruction into t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life. Ver. 13. _Take fast hold of instruction._] _Nam magnum certamen sustines adversus haereticae et epicureos,_ saith a J...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings_ Diligently attend to and imbibe my instructions, as the earth drinks in the rain that drops upon it. _I have taught thee in the way of wisdom_ Either, 1st, The...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ADMONITIONS CONCERNING WISDOM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Take fast hold of instruction, the moral training given by wisdom; LET HER NOT GO; KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE, by bestowing long life and happiness upon those who are devoted to her. That is the su...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in ev...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The conductor, and preserver, and comfort of thy life....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 4:13 hold H2388 (H8685) instruction H4148 go H7503 (H8686) Keep H5341 (H8798) life H2416 T

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES MEN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD GO, A WAY IN WHICH THEY WILL NOT STUMBLE AND WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, THEY ARE THUS TO AVOID THE WAY OF THE WICKED IN WHICH MEN STUMBLE AND WHERE DEAT...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 4:13 We come into the real school-life when we have left school. Duty is twofold: duty to do, duty to endure. We have the tasks of the school to do, and the discipline of the school to bear....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that which recommends us to God, which be...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 4:1. _Hear, ye children,_ a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his ch...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life._ THE HOLD-FAST RELIGION Faith may be well described as taking hold upon Divine instruction. To take “fast hold” is an ex...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:10 This passage gives one of the main teachings of Proverbs 1:1: the doctrine of the two ways. Everyone has a choice between entering the way of wisdom and the way of foll

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 4:8. EXALT or “esteem.” PROVERBS 4:9. Last clause, or “she shall compass thee with a crown of glory.” PROVERBS 4:10. As is all other instances (see Notes on Chap....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 4:1 7. _Seventh admonitory discourse. _We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which occurs again...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Continuing to his son. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake my law. For I was my father's son, ten...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 5:21; Acts 11:23; Acts 2:42; Deuteronomy 32:47;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SACRED EXHORTATIONS Proverbs 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to their fath...

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