God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 7:1
1My son, pay attention to my words. Treasure my commands that are within you.
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, pay attention to my words. Treasure my commands that are within you. 2Obey my commands so that you may live. Follow my teachings just as you protect the pupil of your eye. 3Tie them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:1 word by word
בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:1
- Proverbs 1:8My son, listen to your father’s discipline, and do not neglect your mother’s teachings,
- Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teachings, and keep my commands in mind,
- Luke 8:15The seeds that were planted on good ground are people who also hear the word. But they keep it in their good and honest hearts and produce what is good despite what life may bring.
- Luke 11:28Jesus replied, “Rather, how blessed are those who hear and obey God’s word.”
- John 14:23Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them.
- John 15:20Remember what I told you: ‘A servant isn’t greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they did what I said, they will also do what you say.
- Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads, as well as those who hear the words of this prophecy and pay attention to what is written in it because the time is near.
- Revelation 22:9He told me, “Don’t do that! I am your coworker. I work with other Christians, the prophets, and those who follow the words in this book. Worship God!”
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you take my words ⌞to heart⌟ and treasure my commands within you,
- Proverbs 10:14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a stubborn fool invites ruin.
- Deuteronomy 11:28You’ll be cursed if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God, if you turn from the way I’m commanding you to live today, and if you worship other gods you never knew.
- Job 22:22Accept instruction from his mouth, and keep his words in your 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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