Proverbs 3:1
My son! Do not forget my law, || And let your heart keep my commands,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2For [the] length of [your] days and years, || Life and peace they add to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only, take heed to yourself, and watch your soul exceedingly, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all [the] days of your life; and you have made them known to your sons and to your sons’ sons.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as your God YHWH has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged, and so that it is well with you on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words which I am commanding you today have been on your heart,
Deuteronomy 30:16in that today I am commanding you to love your God YHWH, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and you have lived and multiplied, and your God YHWH has blessed you in the land to where you are going in to possess it.
Psalms 119:16I delight myself in Your statutes, || I do not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Your commands, || That I have loved,
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 →