Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
In Context
1My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness,—He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye.
Psalms 119:144Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of correction, let her not go,—keep her, for, she, is thy life.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver!—Hearken I pray thee unto the voice of Yahweh in what I am speaking unto thee, that it may be well with thee and thy soul live.
John 12:49Because, I, out of myself, spake not, but, the Father who sent me, hath, himself, given me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 15:14Ye, are, friends of mine, if ye be doing that which, I, am commanding 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 →