Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching;but let your heart keep my commandments:
New Heart English 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,and peace, will they add to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to yourself, 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"Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
Deuteronomy 30:16in that I command you this day to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes.I will not forget your word.GIMEL
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in your commandments,because 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 →