Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget what I have taught you. Keep my commands in your inner being,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2because if you obey them you will live a long time and things will go well for you
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9“But be very careful! [DOU, IDM] Do not forget what you [SYN] have seen God do. Remember those things as long as you are alive. Tell them to your children and your grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there.
Deuteronomy 6:6Never forget [IDM] these commands that I am giving to you today.
Deuteronomy 30:16I say again, if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
Psalms 119:16I will be happy to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►, and I will not forget your words.
Psalms 119:47I am delighted to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them.
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 →