13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him ( Prov. 4:1 , 2 ): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father . That is, 1. “Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also.” Note, Magistrates and ministers, who are entrusted with the direction of…
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