Proverbs 3:1
My son, don’t forget my teaching; 2 but keep my mitzvot ·instructions· in your heart: 1
One Unity Resource Bible
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, 2 and peace, will they add to you. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;
Deuteronomy 5:16+ 5:16. Deut 5:16; Ex 20:12 (#5.359): T. To honor your father and mother / R. To respect your father and mother T. Note: In Hebrew, the prime root word kavad ·honor, heavy· is used in (Ex 20:12) to describe honoring one’s parents. T. Note: The Hebrew word kavod ·glory, riches, abundance, weight· used to describe the glory of God as in (Ex 33:18, 33:22). The root word of kavod is the prime root word kavad ·honor, heavy·. (See D. Freedman, The Nine Commandments, p76) “Honor your father and your mother, + 5:16. Quoted in Matt 15:4, 19:19; Mark 7:10 as Adonai your God enjoined you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land + 5:16. Quoted in Mark 7:10; Eph 6:2-3 which Adonai your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I enjoin you today, shall be on your heart;
Deuteronomy 30:16For I enjoin you today to 'ahav ·affectionately love· Adonai your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his mitzvot ·instructions·, his statutes, and his judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that Adonai your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
Psalms 119:16בּ ( Bipeekudeyka, On your precepts) I will delight myself in your regulations. 2 I will not forget your word. GIMEL גּ 1
Psalms 119:47ו ( Vi'esh’ta’asha’, And I will delight myself) I will delight myself in your mitzvot ·instructions·, 2 because I 'ahav ·affectionately love· them. 1
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 →