Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let yours heart keep my commandments:
Updated King James Version
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 long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which yours eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them your sons, and your sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 5:16Honour your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in yours 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 judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
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 →