Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life - (Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 3:22). Do not be like children, who are much pleased with a new thing that they have just seen, and then afterward cease to value it. Having received the heavenly doctrine with joy, do not let it go, through impatience or weariness, or through carelessness (Matthew 13:19-22). (Gejer.) Satan does his best to loosen our hold, but we must use force, and strain every nerve to 'hold that fast which we have, that no man take our crown' (Matthew 11:12; Philippians 3:12-13; Revelation 3:11). "She is thy life" of nature, of grace, and of glory. Eternal death, or the prospect of it, cannot be called life. Obedience to God's law is life; every departure from it is a step toward death.