Proverbs 4:6

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Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.	Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.	Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Forsake^H5800 her not, and she shall preserve^H8104 thee: love^H157 her, and she shall keep^H5341 thee.

Original Hebrew

אַל־תַּעַזְבֶהָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶךָּ אֱהָבֶהָ וְתִצְּרֶךָּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תַּעַזְבֶ֥/הָ	ta.'az.Ve./ha	H5800	HVqj2ms/Sp3fs	you abandon/ her
וְ/תִשְׁמְרֶ֑/ךָּ	ve./tish.me.Re./ka	H8104	HC/Vqi3fs/Sp2ms	and/ she will keep/ you
אֱהָבֶ֥/הָ	'e.ha.Ve./ha	H157	HVqv2ms/Sp3fs	love/ her
וְ/תִצְּרֶֽ/ךָּ	ve./ti.tze.Re./ka	H5341	HC/Vqi3fs/Sp2ms	and/ she will guard/ you

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
H5341 — נָצַר (nâtsar, naw-tsar'): a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.); besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
H5800 — עָזַב (ʻâzab, aw-zab'): a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

love — Proverbs 2:10-12, Proverbs 4:21-22, Ephesians 3:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:10

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