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Proverbs 7:2
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
Proverbs 7:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
- New International Version (NIV)Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
- English Standard Version (ESV)keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye.
Context of Proverbs 7:2
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye. 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart. 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:2 word by word
שְׁמֹ֣ר מִצְוֹתַ֣י וֶחְיֵ֑ה וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:2
- Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
- Leviticus 18:5And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
- John 12:49For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;
- 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.
- John 15:14Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.
- 1 John 2:3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- 1 John 5:1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed [are] they that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and that they should go in by the gates into the city.
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.
- Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- Zechariah 2:8For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2As the apple of thine eye - As the pupil of the eye, which is of such essential necessity to sight, and so easily injured.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2guard my teachings as the apple of your eye: Or, with great care.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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