Proverbs 7:2
Do what I tell you and you will live. Observe my teachings, valuing them as your main focus in life.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.
3Tie them to your fingers; write them in your mind.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found you in a desert land, in a desolate wasteland of whirlwinds. He protected you; he cared for you; he looked after you as the one he loved the most.
Psalms 119:144Your laws are always right; help me to understand what they mean so I can live.
Proverbs 4:13Hold on to these instructions—don't let them go. Protect them, for they are life's foundation.
Jeremiah 38:20“They won't hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “If you obey what the Lord says by doing what I tell you, then things will go well for you and you'll live.
John 12:49For I'm not speaking for myself but for my Father who sent me. He is the one who instructed me what to say and how to say it.
John 15:14You're my friends if you do what I tell 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 →