Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:10Rank 1 from verse 6
- Proverbs 4:21–22Rank 2 from verse 6
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.
22†For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Ephesians 3:17Rank 3 from verse 6
- Proverbs 2:10–12Rank 4 from verse 6
10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
10¶ When wisedome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant vnto thy soule;
11Discretion shall preserue thee, vnderstanding shall keepe thee:
12To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that speaketh froward things.
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Proverbs 4:6
To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To keep safe from harm, loss, decay, or destruction; to protect, maintain, or save.
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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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4:5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
4:5Get wisedome, get vnderstanding: forget it not, neither decline from the wordes of my mouth.
4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.
Selected passage4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
4:7Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedome: and with all thy getting, get vnderstanding.