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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
her not, and she shall preserve
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: 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).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thee: love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
her, and she shall keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
thee.

Cross References

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love.
Prov. 4:21‑22• 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
 22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (Prov. 4:21‑22)
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Prov. 2:10‑12• 10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
 11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
 12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; (Prov. 2:10‑12)
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Eph. 3:17• 17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (Eph. 3:17)
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2 Thess. 2:10• 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (2 Thess. 2:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.