Proverbs 4:13

¹¹ I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

¹² When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

¹⁴ Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

¹⁵ Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
KJV: Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
WEB: Take firm hold of instruction. Don’t let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
ASV: Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
DARBY: Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
BLB: Hold on to instruction; do not let go; Guard her, for she [is] your life.

ÅB: Hold fast ved min tilrettevisning, slipp den ikke! Bevar den, for den er ditt liv.
OTB: Hold fast ved instruksjon, slipp den ikke; vokt den, for den er ditt liv.
B1930: Hold fast ved min tilrettevisning, slipp den ikke! Bevar den, for den er ditt liv.

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
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Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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Proverbs 23:23
Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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Deuteronomy 32:47
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
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Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
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Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
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John 6:68
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
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