Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life. I. WE MUST TAKE HEED OF FALLING WITH SIN AND SINNERS. Our teacher having, like a faithful guide, shown us the right paths (ver. 11), here warns us of the by-paths into which we are in danger of being drawn aside. Those that have been well educated, and trained up in the way they should go, let them not so much as enter into it, no, not to make a trial of it, lest it prove a dangerous experiment, and difficult to retreat with safety. "Venture not into the company of those who are infected with the plague, no, not though thou think thyself guarded with an antidote." II. IF AT ANY TIME WE ARE INVEIGLED INTO AN EVIL WAY, WE MUST HASTEN OUT OF IT. If, ere thou wast aware, thou didst enter in at the gate, because it was wide, go not on in the way of evil men. As soon as thou art made sensible of thy mistake, retire immediately; take not a step more, stay not a minute longer, in the way that certainly leads to destruction. III. WE MUST DREAD AND DETEST THE WAX OF SIN AND SINNERS, AND DECLINE THEM WITH THE UTMOST CARE IMAGINABLE. ( Matthew Henry.) Parallel Verses KJV: Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.WEB: Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. |
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