Proverbs 4:4 {5}
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Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

Psalm 119:168
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.

Proverbs 7:2
Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.

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

He

Proverbs 22:6 It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Genesis 18:19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

1 Chronicles 22:11-16 Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee, and do thou prosper, and build the house to the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee. . . .

1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger: but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

2 Timothy 1:5 Calling to mind that faith which is in thee unfeigned, which also dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and in thy mother Eunice, and I am certain that in thee also.

2 Timothy 3:15 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Let

Proverbs 3:1 For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Deuteronomy 4:9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart:

Psalm 119:11 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

keep

Proverbs 7:2 Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

Leviticus 18:3-5 You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you. Nor shall you walk in their ordinances. . . .

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

John 12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.

Hebrews 5:9 And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation:

Context
A Father's Instruction
3And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live. 4Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.5Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.…
Lexicon
he taught
וַיֹּרֵ֗נִי (way·yō·rê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

me and said,
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Let your heart
לִבֶּ֑ךָ (lib·be·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

lay hold
יִֽתְמָךְ־ (yiṯ·māḵ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

of my words;
דְּבָרַ֥י (də·ḇā·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

keep
שְׁמֹ֖ר (šə·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

my commandments
מִצְוֺתַ֣י (miṣ·wō·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment

and you will live.
וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃ (weḥ·yêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive


Additional Translations
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commandments and you will live.He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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

who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:

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

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

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

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

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