Proverbs 4:6
New International Version
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

New Living Translation
Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you. Love her, and she will guard you.

English Standard Version
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

King James Bible
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

New King James Version
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.

New American Standard Bible
“Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.

NASB 1995
“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.

NASB 1977
“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; Love her, and she will guard you.

Amplified Bible
“Do not turn away from her (Wisdom) and she will guard and protect you; Love her, and she will watch over you.

Christian Standard Bible
Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you.

American Standard Version
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not forsake her that she may keep you; love her that she may deliver you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.

Contemporary English Version
"If you love Wisdom and don't reject her, she will watch over you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.

English Revised Version
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you. Love wisdom, and it will protect you.

Good News Translation
Do not abandon wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will keep you safe.

International Standard Version
Do not abandon her, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will watch over you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Literal Standard Version
Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, | Love her, and she keeps you.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

New American Bible
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will safeguard you;

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

New Revised Standard Version
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.

New Heart English Bible
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

World English Bible
Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

Young's Literal Translation
Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A Father's Instruction
5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them. 6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. 7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.…

Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Proverbs 2:11
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.


Treasury of Scripture

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.

love

Proverbs 4:21,22
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart…

Proverbs 2:10-12
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; …

Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

forsake [wisdom],
תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ (ta·‘az·ḇe·hā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

and she will preserve you;
וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ (wə·ṯiš·mə·re·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

love her,
אֱהָבֶ֥הָ (’ĕ·hā·ḇe·hā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

and she will guard you.
וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃ (wə·ṯiṣ·ṣə·re·kā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep


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