Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my laws; but let your heart keep my words:
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Take heed to yourself, and keep your + 4:9 Gr. soul. heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which your eyes have seen, and let them not depart from your heart all the days of your life; and you shall teach your sons and your sons' sons,
Deuteronomy 5:16+ 5:16 Matt 15:4; Eph 6:1 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that it may be well with you, and that you may live long upon the land, which the Lord your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, all that I command you this day, shall be in your heart and in your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:16If you will listen to the commands of the Lord your God, which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgments; then you⌃ shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord your God shall bless you in all the land into which you go to inherit it.
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 →