Proverbs 7:2
Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
3Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in ye land of ye wildernes, in a waste, and roaring wildernes: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as ye apple of his eye.
Psalms 119:144The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
Proverbs 4:13Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.
Jeremiah 38:20But Ieremiah sayd, They shall not deliuer thee: hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord, I beseech thee, which I speake vnto thee: so shall it be well vnto thee, and thy soule shall liue.
John 12:49For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commandement what I should say, and what I should speake.
John 15:14Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you.
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 →