Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you. New Living Translation Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands. English Standard Version My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; Berean Standard Bible My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. King James Bible My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. New King James Version My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you. New American Standard Bible My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. NASB 1995 My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. NASB 1977 My son, keep my words, And treasure my commandments within you. Legacy Standard Bible My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. Amplified Bible My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you]. Christian Standard Bible My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands. Holman Christian Standard Bible My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands. American Standard Version My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. Contemporary English Version My son, pay close attention and don't forget what I tell you to do. English Revised Version My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation My son, pay attention to my words. Treasure my commands that are within you. Good News Translation My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do. International Standard Version My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands. Majority Standard Bible My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. NET Bible My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. New Heart English Bible My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. Webster's Bible Translation My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. World English Bible My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy son! Keep my sayings, "" And lay up my commands with you. Young's Literal Translation My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee. Smith's Literal Translation My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son, Catholic Public Domain Version My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you. New American Bible My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands. New Revised Standard Version My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMY son, keep my words and hide my commandments within you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated My son, keep my words and hide my commandments in your heart. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation My son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments. My son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings about the Adulteress1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. 2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.… Cross References Proverbs 4:1-4 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. / For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. / When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, ... Proverbs 2:1-5 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, / if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, / if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, ... Deuteronomy 6:6-9 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ... Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Proverbs 3:1-4 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. / Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. ... John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. James 1:22-25 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ... Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Psalm 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. / But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ... Proverbs 6:20-23 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. / Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. / When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. ... Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. / From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. / All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ... Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Treasury of Scripture My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you. My son Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: keep Luke 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. lay Proverbs 2:1-7 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; … Proverbs 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. Deuteronomy 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. Jump to Previous Commandments Commands Lay Rules Sayings Store Stored Treasure Within WordsJump to Next Commandments Commands Lay Rules Sayings Store Stored Treasure Within WordsProverbs 7 1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom6. In an example of his own experience he shows 10. the cunning of a harlot 22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton 24. He detests such wickedness My son This phrase is a tender and personal address, indicating a relationship of care and authority. In the Hebrew context, "son" (בְּנִי, beni) is often used in wisdom literature to denote a disciple or learner, not just a biological child. It reflects the intimate relationship between a teacher and a student, or a father and his child, emphasizing the importance of the guidance being given. This address sets the tone for the entire passage, inviting the reader to receive wisdom with the openness and trust of a child. keep my words and treasure my commandments within you Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My son,בְּ֭נִי (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son keep שְׁמֹ֣ר (šə·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to my words אֲמָרָ֑י (’ă·mā·rāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 561: Something said and treasure תִּצְפֹּ֥ן (tiṣ·pōn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6845: To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk my commandments וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י (ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4687: Commandment within you. אִתָּֽךְ׃ (’it·tāḵ) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among Links Proverbs 7:1 NIVProverbs 7:1 NLT Proverbs 7:1 ESV Proverbs 7:1 NASB Proverbs 7:1 KJV Proverbs 7:1 BibleApps.com Proverbs 7:1 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 7:1 Chinese Bible Proverbs 7:1 French Bible Proverbs 7:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:1 My son keep my words (Prov. 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