Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart keep my commandments;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they increase unto thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and guard thy soul diligently, that thou do not forget the things which thy eyes have seen, and that they depart not from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: in order that thy days may be prolonged, and in order that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart:
Deuteronomy 30:16In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances; that thou mayest live and multiply; and that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Psalms 119:16In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love.
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 →