Proverbs 7:2
Be shomer over my mitzvot, and live, 1 and over my torah as the apple of thine eye. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1Beni (my son), be shomer over my words, 1 and treasure up my mitzvot with thee. 1
3Bind them upon thy fingers, 1 write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in an eretz midbar, 1 and in a barren and howling wilderness; 1 He encircled him, He granted him discernment, 1 He preserved him as the pupil of His eye. 1
Psalms 119:144The tzedek of Thy edot is l'olam; 1 give me understanding, and I shall live. ק KOPH 1
Proverbs 4:13Take firm hold of musar; 1 let her not go; guard her; for she is thy chayyim. 1
Jeremiah 38:20But Yirmeyah said, They shall not deliver thee. Now obey the voice of Hashem, which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well unto thee, and thy nefesh shall live.
John 12:49Because I do not speak on my own, but the one having sent me [Elohim] HaAv He has given me a mitzvah of what I may say and what I may speak.
John 15:14You are my chaverim, if you are shomer oner my mitzvot. + 15:14 Job 16:20; Prov 18:24
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 →