Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.
Psalms 119:144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live.
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
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 →