New King James Version
Proverbs 3:1
1My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands;
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 Living Translation (NLT)My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart.
Context of Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; 2For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. 3Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
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בְּ֭נִי תּוֹרָתִ֣י אַל־תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י יִצֹּ֥ר לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:1
- Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
- Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you.
- Psalms 119:93I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren,
- Deuteronomy 6:6“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
- Deuteronomy 8:1“Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 30:16in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.
- Psalms 119:11Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord The cup of His fury; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out.
- Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- John 14:21He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and 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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