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# Hold on to instruction, do not let it go
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The writer speaks of a person remembering what he has learned as if "instruction" were an object that the person can hold tightly. Alternate translation: "Continue to obey what I have taught you and never forget it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# for it is your life
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The writer speaks of discipline preserving a person's life as if it were that person's life. Alternate translation: "for it will preserve your life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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