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;
• 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 you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding— 3indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

Proverbs 2:1 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• My sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• if thou wilt receiveלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• my wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• and hideצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• my commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:1

• Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
• Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.
• Proverbs 6:21Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
• Deuteronomy 6:6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
• Job 23:12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
• Psalms 119:9How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
• Matthew 13:44“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
• Luke 2:19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
• Luke 9:44“Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to 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

Topics related to Proverbs 2:1

• Personification
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

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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