Proverbs 4:4 Parallel Translations

they used to teach me and say to me, "Cling to my words wholeheartedly. Obey my commands so that you may live.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

ASV:

And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

BBE:

And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

DBY:

And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.

ERV:

And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live:

JPS:

And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;

WBS:

He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

WEB:

He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

YLT:

And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

Proverbs 4:4 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 119:168 I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You. Tav.

Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:4 He {b} taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
(b) Meaning, David his father.

WES:

4:4 Said - The following verse s, at least as far as the tenth verse , are the words of David.

MHC:

4:1-13 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 every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.

CONC:

Commandments Commands Directeth Fast Heart Hold Lay Retain Rules Saying Taught Teaching

Commandments Commands Directeth Fast Heart Hold Live Retain Rules Taught Teaching Words

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