Proverbs 7:2
keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1a My son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:
3And bind them on thy fingers, and write them on the table of thine heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He maintained him in the wilderness, in burning thirst and a dry land: he led him about and instructed him, and kept him as the apple of an eye.
Proverbs 4:13Take hold of my instruction; let it not go,—but keep it for thyself for thy life.
Jeremiah 38:20Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste to help him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
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 →