Proverbs 2:1

Proverbs 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• New International Version (NIV)My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
• English Standard Version (ESV)My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,

Context of Proverbs 2:1

My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, 2so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding; 3yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

Proverbs 2:1 word by word

בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:1

• Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
• Proverbs 4:20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
• Proverbs 6:21bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
• Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
• Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
• Psalms 119:9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
• Matthew 13:44The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
• Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these things [in her mind], pondering [them] in her heart.
• Luke 9:44Do ye let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of man is about to be delivered into men's hands.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1My son - Here the tutor still continues to instruct his disciple. Hide my commandments with theel Treasure them up in thy heart, and then act from them through the medium of thy affections. He who has the rule of his duty only in his Bible and in his head, is not likely to be a steady, consistent character; his heart is not engaged, and his obedience, in any case, can be only forced, or done from a sense of duty: it is not the obedience of a loving…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Now in the divine order comes the promise Proverbs 2:5. The conditions of its fulfillment are stated in Proverbs 2:1-4 in four sets of parallel clauses, each with some shade of distinct meaning. Thus, not “receiving” only, but “hiding” or treasuring up - not the “ear” only, but the “heart” - not the mere “cry,” but the eager “lifting up the voice.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Promises to those who seek wisdom. (1-9) The advantages of wisdom. (10-22) Verses 1-9 Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27 Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1hide my commandments: This means to pay attention to them and follow them. They allow us to fully enjoy and experience life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 2:1

• Personification
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 2

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings