Proverbs 4:6 {7}
Good News Translation
Do not abandon wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will keep you safe.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.

Contemporary English Version
"If you love Wisdom and don't reject her, she will watch over you.

New American Bible
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will safeguard you;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.

love

Proverbs 4:21,22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh. . . .

Proverbs 2:10-12 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, . . .

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,

2 Thessalonians 2:10 And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish: because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:

Context
A Father's Instruction
5Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee. 6The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.7Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her.…
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish: because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:

Proverbs 2:11
That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

Proverbs 8:17
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.

Proverbs 4:5
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