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Bishop's Bible
Proverbs 7:1
My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee.
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Christian Standard Bible®
My son, obey my words,
My son, obey my words,
Hebrew Names Version
My son, keep my words. Lay up my mitzvot within you.
My son, keep my words. Lay up my mitzvot within you.
King James Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
English Standard Version
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
New Century Version
My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.
My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.
New English Translation
My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.
My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.
Amplified Bible
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].
New American Standard Bible
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.
World English Bible
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.
My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
My son, keep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you.
My son, keep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you.
Berean Standard Bible
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
Contemporary English Version
My son, pay close attention and don't forget what I tell you to do.
My son, pay close attention and don't forget what I tell you to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
My son, keep my words, store up my commands with you.
My son, keep my words, store up my commands with you.
Darby Translation
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
My son, remember my words. Don't forget what I have told you.
My son, remember my words. Don't forget what I have told you.
George Lamsa Translation
MY son, keep my words and hide my commandments within you.
MY son, keep my words and hide my commandments within you.
Good News Translation
My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do.
My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do.
Lexham English Bible
My child, guard my sayings; store my commandments with you.
My child, guard my sayings; store my commandments with you.
Literal Translation
My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My sonne, kepe my wordes, & laye vp my comaundemetes by the.
My sonne, kepe my wordes, & laye vp my comaundemetes by the.
American Standard Version
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Bible in Basic English
My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
King James Version (1611)
My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee.
My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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:
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:
English Revised Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi sone, kepe thou my wordis; and kepe myn heestis to thee. Sone, onoure thou the Lord, and thou schalt be `myyti; but outakun hym drede thou not an alien.
Mi sone, kepe thou my wordis; and kepe myn heestis to thee. Sone, onoure thou the Lord, and thou schalt be `myyti; but outakun hym drede thou not an alien.
Update Bible Version
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with you.
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with you.
Webster's Bible Translation
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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.
My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.
New Living Translation
Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
New Life Bible
My son, keep my words, and hold together my teachings within you.
My son, keep my words, and hold together my teachings within you.
New Revised Standard
My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;
My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
Revised Standard Version
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
Young's Literal Translation
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
THE MESSAGE
Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions. Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it! Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart. Talk to Wisdom as to a sister. Treat Insight as your companion. They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress— that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions. Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it! Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart. Talk to Wisdom as to a sister. Treat Insight as your companion. They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress— that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.
Contextual Overview
1 My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee. 2 Kepe my commaundementes & my lawe, euen as the apple of thyne eye, and thou shalt liue. 3 Binde them vpon thy fingers, and wryte them in the table of thyne heart. 4 Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman: 5 That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My son: Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 3:1
keep: Luke 8:15, Luke 11:28, John 14:23, John 15:20, Revelation 1:3, Revelation 22:9
lay: Proverbs 2:1-7, Proverbs 10:14, Deuteronomy 11:28, Job 22:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:2 - hearken Deuteronomy 4:9 - lest they Psalms 90:12 - that Proverbs 4:20 - General Proverbs 6:20 - General John 5:38 - ye have 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - as Hebrews 2:1 - the more
Cross-References
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation.
And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 7:4
For after seuen dayes, I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes: & all substaunce that I haue made, wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth.
For after seuen dayes, I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes: & all substaunce that I haue made, wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth.
Genesis 7:5
Noah therfore did according vnto all that God commaunded him.
Noah therfore did according vnto all that God commaunded him.
Genesis 7:6
And Noah was sixe hundreth yere olde, when the fluddes of water came vpon the earth.
And Noah was sixe hundreth yere olde, when the fluddes of water came vpon the earth.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah came, and his sonnes, and his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues with him to the arke, because of the waters of the fludde.
And Noah came, and his sonnes, and his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues with him to the arke, because of the waters of the fludde.
Genesis 7:8
Of cleane beastes, and of vncleane beastes, and of foules, and of euery such as creepeth vpon the earth,
Of cleane beastes, and of vncleane beastes, and of foules, and of euery such as creepeth vpon the earth,
Genesis 7:9
There came two & two vnto Noah vnto the arke, the male and the female, as God had commaunded Noah.
There came two & two vnto Noah vnto the arke, the male and the female, as God had commaunded Noah.
Genesis 7:10
And so it came to passe after seuen dayes, that the waters of the flud were vpon the earth.
And so it came to passe after seuen dayes, that the waters of the flud were vpon the earth.
Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe, in the seconde moneth, the seuenteene day of ye moneth, in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened.
In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe, in the seconde moneth, the seuenteene day of ye moneth, in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My son, keep my words,.... Doctrines and instructions; which, as a father to a son, or a master to his scholars, he had delivered; these he would have him observe and attend to;
and lay up my commandments with thee: as a treasure in his heart, to be brought out upon occasion; to be kept as valuable, and made use of as an antidote against and a preservative from sinning; see Psalms 119:11. The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, what is not in the Hebrew text,
"son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong;''
the Arabic adds,
"and he shall strengthen thee; and fear none besides him.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The harlot adulteress of an Eastern city is contrasted with the true feminine ideal of the Wisdom who is to be the “sister” and “kinswoman” Proverbs 7:4 of the young man as he goes on his way through life. See Proverbs 8:0 in the introduction.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VII
A farther exhortation to acquire wisdom, in order to be
preserved from impure connections, 1-5.
The character of a harlot, and her conduct towards a youth who
fell into her snare, 6-23.
Solemn exhortations to avoid this evil, 24-27.
NOTES ON CHAP. VII
Verse Proverbs 7:1. My son, keep my words — See Proverbs 2:1.
