Proverbs 4:4New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So he taught me, and said to me—Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live; and let my law be as the pupil of the eye.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep [our] commandments, forget them not:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. |
He taught
3384 {3384} Primeיָרָהyarah{yaw-raw'}
A primitive root; properly to flow as water (that is, to rain); transitively to lay or throw (especially an arrow, that is, to shoot); figuratively to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
me also, and said
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
unto me, Let thine heart
3820 {3820} Primeלֵבleb{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
retain
8551 {8551} Primeתָּמַךְtamak{taw-mak'}
A primitive root; to sustain; by implication to obtain, keep fast; figuratively to help, follow close.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
my words:
1697 {1697} Primeדָּבָרdabar{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
keep
8104 {8104} Primeשָׁמַרshamar{shaw-mar'}
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
my commandments,
4687 {4687} Primeמִצְוָהmitsvah{mits-vaw'}
From H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively the Law).
and live.
2421 {2421} Primeחָיַהchayah{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847 |
Proverbs 4:4
_ _ He taught — or directed me.
_ _ retain — as well as receive.
_ _ keep ... and live — observe, that you may live (Proverbs 7:2). |
Proverbs 4:4
Said — The following verses, at least as far as the tenth verse, are the words of David. |
Proverbs 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. |
- He:
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
1 Chronicles 22:11-16 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. ... Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no number. Arise [therefore], and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
2 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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- Let:
Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Deuteronomy 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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- keep:
Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Leviticus 18:3-5 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. ... Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.
Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
John 12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
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