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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Proverbs 7:1

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chastity;   Commandments;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Filial Obedience;   Obedience;   Parents;   Young People;   The Topic Concordance - Life;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Chastity;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Teacher;   Wisdom;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Evil Speaking;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Treasure, Treasury;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My son, obey my words,
Hebrew Names Version
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.
English Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
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].
New American Standard Bible
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
My son, keep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
Good News Translation
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.
Literal Translation
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.
American Standard Version
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by 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:
English Revised Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Update Bible Version
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.
New King James Version
My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.
New Living Translation
Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
New Life Bible
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;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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,
Revised Standard Version
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.
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.

Contextual Overview

1 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. 2 Kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue; and my lawe as the appil of thin iyen. 3 Bynde thou it in thi fyngris; write thou it in the tablis of thin herte. 4 Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art my sistir; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse. 5 That it kepe thee fro a straunge womman; and fro an alien womman, that makith hir wordis swete.

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 ben the generaciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfit in hise generaciouns; Noe yede with God,
Genesis 7:1
Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun.
Genesis 7:4
For yit and aftir seuene daies Y schal reyne on erthe fourti daies and fourti nyytis, and Y schal do awey al substaunce which Y made, fro the face of erthe.
Genesis 7:5
Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to hym.
Genesis 7:6
And he was of sixe hundrid yeer, whanne the watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe.
Genesis 7:7
And Noe entride in to the schip, and hise sones, and hise wijf, and the wyues of his sones, entriden with him for the watris of the greet flood.
Genesis 7:8
And of lyuynge beestis clene and vnclene, and of briddis of heuene, and of ech beeste which is moued on erthe,
Genesis 7:9
bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female entriden to Noe in to the schip, as the Lord comaundide to Noe.
Genesis 7:10
And whanne seuene daies hadden passid, the watris of the greet flood flowiden on erthe.
Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundrid yeer of the lijf of Noe, in the secunde moneth, in the seuententhe dai of the moneth, alle the wellis of the greet see weren brokun, and the wyndowis of heuene weren 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.


 
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