Proverbs 4:13 says 'guard her, for she is your life' — the same link between keeping instruction and living.

Proverbs 4:4 similarly urges keeping commands to live—identical phrasing links father's instruction to this same exhortation.

Leviticus 18:5 is the classic law that 'if a person does them, he shall live' — the foundation for Proverbs' promise of life through commandments.

In John 12:50, Jesus identifies the Father's commandment as eternal life — the same life promised to those who keep wisdom's teaching.

In John 14:21, keeping Jesus' commandments is the mark of love for him — deepening the call to treasure his teaching.

In John 15:14, obedience to Jesus' commands defines friendship with him — echoing the intimate value of keeping wisdom's words.

In 1 John 2:3, keeping commandments is how we know we know God — adding assurance to the call to live by his teaching.

In 1 John 2:4, claiming to know God while disobeying is exposed as a lie — contrasting with the life promised to those who keep his commands.

In 1 John 5:1-3, loving God means keeping his commandments — aligning love with obedience as the path to life.

Deuteronomy 11:18 echoes the command to bind God's words on hearts and hands, reinforcing the same urgency to treasure commands.

In Revelation 22:14, those who wash their robes gain the tree of life — a parallel reward to keeping wisdom's commands.

Hebrews 2:1 calls for careful attention to what was heard to avoid drifting—a NT parallel to guarding teaching as the apple of the eye.