Proverbs 7:1
My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
In Context
2Do what I tell you and you will live. Observe my teachings, valuing them as your main focus in life.
Cross References
Job 22:22Listen to what he tells you and keep his words in mind.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept what I say and value my instructions,
Proverbs 5:5She leads you down to death; she takes you down to the grave.
Proverbs 10:14Wise people accumulate knowledge, but the chattering of stupid people is a prelude to disaster.
Luke 11:28But Jesus said, “Even more blessed are those who hear God's word, and follow what it says.”
John 15:20Remember what I told you: servants aren't more important than their master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they did what I told them, they would do what you tell them too.
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 →