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Proverbs 3:1
1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe 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, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments; 2for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee. 3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy 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 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 31:5— lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
- Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.
- Psalms 119:93I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
- Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
- Deuteronomy 8:1Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 30:16in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
- Psalms 119:11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
- Isaiah 51:17Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment:
- Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- John 14:21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest 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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