Cross references

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; do not let go.

Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:13 BSB

Proverbs 4:13 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 3:18 (15 votes) and Hebrews 2:1 (14 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 24 to Revelation 12.

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Which verses does Proverbs 4:13 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

  2. Hebrews 2:114 votes

    We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

  3. Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

  4. For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

  5. Acts 2:427 votes

    They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

  6. Acts 11:237 votes

    When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

  7. but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

  8. John 6:686 votes

    Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  9. I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

  10. I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

  11. For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

  12. They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

Which verses point to Proverbs 4:13?

The 10 strongest of 20.