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Proverbs 4 › verse

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.

Wisdom, understanding and instruction

Key words: 'āhaḇ nāṣar ʿāzaḇ šāmar

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Forsake hertaʿazḇehā תַּעַזְבֶהָʿāzaḇ4
not'al אַל'al26
and she shall preserve theevᵊṯišmᵊreḵḵā וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּšāmar4
love her'ĕhāḇehā אֱהָבֶהָ'āhaḇ2
and she shall keep theevᵊṯiṣṣᵊreḵḵā וְתִצְּרֶךָּnāṣar6

Cross-references 4

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love her 4
  • Proverbs 4:21-22 Proverbs 4:21Proverbs 4:22

    21Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; 22For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.

  • Proverbs 2:10-12

    10When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, 11Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, 12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,

  • Ephesians 3:17

    17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10

    10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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