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Warnings about the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:1

In 11 translations

BSB
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
KJV
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
WEB
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
ASV
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
LSV
My son! Keep my sayings, || And lay up my commands with you.
YLT
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
DBY
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
DRC
My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
GNV
My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
JPS
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
LXXE
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:

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Υἱὲ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους, τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ· Υἱὲ τίμα τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις, πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
  • Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
  • Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
  • Revelation 22:9But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
  • Proverbs 2:1–7My 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, if…
  • John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
  • Job 22:22Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
  • John 15:20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
  • Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
  • Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
  • Deuteronomy 11:28but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  • Proverbs 10:14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

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