Proverbs 4 · Verse 6

Proverbs 4:6

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Proverbs 4:6, King James Version

Proverbs 4:6 in other translations

BSBDo not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
WEBDon’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
ASVForsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
YLTForsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
DARBYForsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
BBEDo not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
WebsterForsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

What does Proverbs 4:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Not only accept but love wisdom, who will keep thee from evil, and evil from thee.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Forsake her not - Wisdom personified is here represented as a guardian and companion, who, if not forsaken, will continue faithful; if loved, will continue a protector.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 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…

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Proverbs 4:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָta.'az.Ve.hayou abandon herH5800
וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּve.tish.me.Re.kaand she will keep youH8104
אֱהָבֶ֥הָ'e.ha.Ve.halove herH157
וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ\׃ve.ti.tze.Re.kaand she will guard youH5341

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 4:6

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10

    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

  • Proverbs 4:21-22

    Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

  • Ephesians 3:17

    That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

  • Proverbs 2:10-12

    When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
love.
21,22; 2:10-12; Eph 3:17; 2Th 2:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 4:5

    Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  • Proverbs 4:6

    Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

  • Proverbs 4:7

    Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

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Proverbs 4:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ne l’abandonne pas, et elle te gardera; aime-la, et elle te conservera.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verlaß sie nicht, und sie wird dich behüten; liebe sie, und sie wird dich bewahren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ne dimittas eam, et custodiet te: dilige eam, et conservabit te.