Proverbs 7:1
My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
In Context
2Kepe my commaundementes & my lawe, euen as the apple of thyne eye, and thou shalt liue.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,
Proverbs 5:5Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell.
Proverbs 10:14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
Luke 11:28But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:1
The scope of this chapter is, as of several before, to warn young men against the lusts of the flesh. Solomon remembered of what ill consequence it was to his father, perhaps found himself, and perceived his son, addicted to it, or at least had observed how many hopeful young men among his subjects had been ruined by those lusts; and therefore he thought he could never say enough to dissuade men from them, that "every one may possess his vessel in sanctification and honour, and not in the lusts of uncleanness." In… Read the whole commentary →