Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2For length of days, and years of life, and peace, they will add to thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life, but make them known to thy sons and thy son's sons--
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as LORD thy God commanded thee, that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart.
Deuteronomy 30:16in that I command thee this day to love LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou may live and multiply, and that LORD thy God may bless thee in the land where th
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes. I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:1
This chapter is one of the most excellent in all this book, both for argument to persuade us to be religious and for directions therein. I. We must be constant to our duty because that is the way to be happy, ver. 1-4 . II. We must live a life of dependence upon God because that is the way to be safe, ver. 5 . III. We must keep up the fear of God because that is the way to be healthful, ver. 7, 8 . IV. We must serve God with our estates because that is the way to be rich, ver. 9, 10 . V. We must hear afflictions… Read the whole commentary →