Proverbs 3:1
My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
In Context
2For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9But take heede to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes:
Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comanded thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.
Deuteronomy 30:16In that I commaund thee this day, to loue the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his commandements, and his ordinances, and his lawes, that thou mayest liue, and be multiplied, and that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.
Psalms 119:16I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
Psalms 119:47And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
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 →