Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 3:1
1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 3:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- New International Version (NIV)My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
- English Standard Version (ESV)My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands;
Context of Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; 2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. 3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:1 word by word
בְּ֭נִי תּוֹרָתִ֣י אַל־תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י יִצֹּ֥ר לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:1
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Proverbs 31:5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
- Psalms 119:93I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 8:1You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 30:16For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
- Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1My son - The preceptor continues to deliver his lessons. Forget not my law - Remember what thou hast heard, and practice what thou dost remember; and let all obedience be from the heart: "Let thy heart keep my commandments."Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Exhortations to obedience and faith. (1-6) To piety, and to improve afflictions. (7-12) To gain wisdom. (13-20) Guidance of Wisdom. (21-26) The wicked and the upright. (27-35) Verses 1-6 In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; God's mercy in promising, and his truth in performing…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Storing God's commands in your heart means more than memorizing them. It involves making them a key part of your life and acting on them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. law [and] commandments--all divine instructions (see on Psa 119:1 and Psa 119:4). let thine heart keep--or sincerely observe (Pr 4:13; 5:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- 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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