Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Take heed to thyself, and keep thy + 4:9 Gr. soul.heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which thine eyes have seen, and let them not depart from thine heart all the days of thy life; and thou shalt teach thy sons and thy sons' sons,
Deuteronomy 5:16+ 5:16 Mat. 15. 4; Eph. 6. 1. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God commanded thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long upon the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, all that I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart and in thy soul.
Deuteronomy 30:16If thou wilt hearken to the commands of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgments; then ye shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all the land into which thou goest to inherit it.
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 →