Proverbs 7:1
בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
In Context
2שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ ׃
Cross References
Job 22:22קַח ־ נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 2:1בְּנִי אִם ־ תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ ׃
Proverbs 5:5רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ ׃
Proverbs 10:14חֲכָמִים יִצְפְּנוּ ־ דָעַת וּפִֽי ־ אֱוִיל מְחִתָּה קְרֹבָֽה ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:1
The scope of this chapter is, as of several before, to warn young men against the lusts of the flesh. Solomon remembered of what ill consequence it was to his father, perhaps found himself, and perceived his son, addicted to it, or at least had observed how many hopeful young men among his subjects had been ruined by those lusts; and therefore he thought he could never say enough to dissuade men from them, that "every one may possess his vessel in sanctification and honour, and not in the lusts of uncleanness." In… Read the whole commentary →