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Proverbs 3:1

My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Children;   Longevity;   Righteous;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Instruction;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Good;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Law;   Wisdom literature;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Phylacteries;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Canaan;   Education;   Life;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Education;   Nomism;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 7;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My son, don’t forget my teaching,
Hebrew Names Version
My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my mitzvot:
King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
English Standard Version
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
New Century Version
My child, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in mind.
New English Translation
My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Amplified Bible
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments;
New American Standard Bible
My son, do not forget my teaching, But have your heart comply with my commandments;
World English Bible
My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my commandments:
Geneva Bible (1587)
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
Legacy Standard Bible
My son, do not forget my law,But let your heart guard my commandments;
Berean Standard Bible
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Contemporary English Version
My child, remember my teachings and instructions and obey them completely.
Complete Jewish Bible
My son, don't forget my teaching, keep my commands in your heart;
Darby Translation
My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
Easy-to-Read Version
My son, don't forget my teaching. Remember what I tell you to do.
George Lamsa Translation
My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments;
Good News Translation
My child, don't forget what I teach you. Always remember what I tell you to do.
Lexham English Bible
My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.
Literal Translation
My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My sonne, forget not my lawe, but se yt thine hert kepe my comaundemetes.
American Standard Version
My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
King James Version (1611)
My sonne, forget not my lawe; but let thine heart keepe my commaundements:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
English Revised Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi sone, foryete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis.
Update Bible Version
My son, do not forget my law; But let your heart keep my commandments:
Webster's Bible Translation
My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
New King James Version
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands;
New Living Translation
My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart.
New Life Bible
My son, do not forget my teaching. Let your heart keep my words.
New Revised Standard
My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.
Revised Standard Version
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Young's Literal Translation
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
THE MESSAGE
Good friend, don't forget all I've taught you; take to heart my commands. They'll help you live a long, long time, a long life lived full and well.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments;

Contextual Overview

1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart: 2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace. 3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart; 4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men. 5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support. 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

forget: Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 31:5, Deuteronomy 4:23, Psalms 119:93, Psalms 119:153, Psalms 119:176, Hosea 4:6

let: Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Deuteronomy 8:1, Deuteronomy 30:16-20, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:16, Psalms 119:34, Psalms 119:47, Psalms 119:48, Isaiah 51:17, Jeremiah 31:33, John 14:21-24

Reciprocal: Numbers 15:39 - remember Deuteronomy 6:2 - thy days Deuteronomy 11:18 - ye lay up Deuteronomy 26:13 - forgotten Deuteronomy 32:46 - General Deuteronomy 32:47 - General Joshua 1:8 - thou shalt 1 Kings 2:3 - prosper 1 Chronicles 28:8 - keep Psalms 32:8 - instruct Psalms 40:8 - yea Psalms 103:18 - remember Psalms 119:141 - yet do Psalms 119:165 - Great Proverbs 2:1 - hide Proverbs 3:21 - let Proverbs 4:4 - Let Proverbs 7:1 - My son Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 19:16 - keepeth the Proverbs 22:17 - and hear Proverbs 28:7 - keepeth Luke 8:15 - keep John 17:6 - they Romans 12:2 - good 1 Corinthians 15:2 - keep in memory 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - as 1 Thessalonians 5:21 - hold Hebrews 12:5 - ye have forgotten

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
Matthew 4:3
And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
Matthew 4:6
If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
Matthew 4:9
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14
And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.
1 Peter 3:7
And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My son, forget not my law,.... Or, "doctrine" e; the doctrine of Christ, the Gospel, and the several truths of it; which, being of the utmost moment and importance, should be kept in memory, and not let slip, or be in the least slighted and neglected; see Hebrews 2:1;

but let thine heart keep my commandments; as the ark, or chest, kept the two tables of the law put into it; it denotes a cordial affection for the commandments and ordinances of Christ, a hearty attention and obedience to them, and a constant and cheerful observance of them, flowing from love and gratitude to him, John 14:15.

e תורתי "doctrinae meae", Piscator, Michaelis; "institutionem meam", Schultens; "doctrinam meam", Cocceius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

An exhortation to obedience, 1-4;

trust in God's providence, 5, 6;

to humility, 7, 8;

to charity, 9, 10;

to submission to God's chastening, 11, 12.

The profitableness of wisdom in all the concerns of life,

13-26.

No act of duty should be deferred beyond the time in which it

should be done, 27, 28.

Brotherly love and forbearance should he exercised, 29, 30.

We should not envy the wicked, 31, 32.

The curse of God is in the house of the wicked; but the humble

and wise shall prosper, 33-35.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Proverbs 3:1. My son — The preceptor continues to deliver his lessons.

Forget not my lawRemember what thou hast heard, and practise what thou dost remember; and let all obedience be from the heart: "Let thy heart keep my commandments."


 
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