American Standard Version
Proverbs 7:1
1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Proverbs 7:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.
Context of Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. 2Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. 3Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:1 word by word
בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:1
- Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
- Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
- Luke 8:15And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- John 14:23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- John 15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
- Revelation 1:3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand.
- Revelation 22:9And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
- Proverbs 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
- Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
- Job 22:22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1My son, keep my words - See Proverbs 2:1.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The harlot adulteress of an Eastern city is contrasted with the true feminine ideal of the Wisdom who is to be the “sister” and “kinswoman” Proverbs 7:4 of the young man as he goes on his way through life. See Proverbs 8 in the introduction.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Invitations to learn wisdom. (1-5) The arts of seducers, with warnings against them. (6-27) Verses 1-5 We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the word of God dwell in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27This is the final section in Proverbs 1–9 that warns about the dangers of promiscuous women (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 6:20–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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