Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Jeremiah 38:20And Jeremiah said, They shall not give [thee] over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
John 12:49For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;
John 15:14Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →