King James Version
Proverbs 2:1
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 2:1 in other versions
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.
Context of Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
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בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:1
- Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Proverbs 4:20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
- Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
- Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
- Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Psalms 119:9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- Luke 2:19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
- Luke 9:44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
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
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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
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