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Proverbs 2:1
1My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.
Proverbs 2:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- 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,
Context of Proverbs 2:1
My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. 2Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. 3Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:1 word by word
בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:1
- Proverbs 3:1My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart.
- Proverbs 4:20My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words.
- Proverbs 6:21Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.
- Deuteronomy 6:6And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.
- Psalms 119:9How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.
- Matthew 13:44“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.
- Luke 2:19but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
- Luke 9:44“Listen to me and remember what I say. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.”
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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