Proverbs 4:13
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
BSB
ASV
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
KJV
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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 Pro 8:1; which is an instruction into the mind and will of God, concerning the salvation of men; into the grace of God, showing that salvation, in all its branches, is of pure grace; into the person and offices of Christ, and into the business of salvation through him; into the doctrines of peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life by him.
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 continually in view - it is for thy life.
1834–1892
FAITH may be well described as taking hold upon Divine instruction. God has condescended to teach us and it is ours to hear with attention and receive His words. And while we are hearing, faith comes, even that faith which saves the soul. To take "fast hold" is an exhortation which concerns the strength, the reality, the heartiness and the truthfulness of faith—and the more of these the better. If to take hold is good, to take fast hold is better!
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
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Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
