Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep thou my words; and keep my behests to thee. (My son, remember my words; and keep my commands with thee.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
In Context
Cross References
Job 22:22Take thou the law of his mouth (or Take thou the Law from his mouth), and set thou his words in thine heart.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou receivest my words, and hidest my behests with thee (or and hidest my commands with thee);
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down into death; and her steps pierce to hells. (Her feet go downward unto death; and her steps shall lead thee unto Sheol, or the land of the dead, or and her steps shall lead thee to hell.)
Proverbs 10:14Wise men hide knowing (or The wise store up knowledge); but the mouth of a fool is next to confusion.
Luke 11:28And he said, But yea, blessed be they, [or And he said, Rather, blessed be they], that hear the word of God, and keep it, (or who hear the word of God, and obey it, or do it).
John 15:20Have ye mind of my word (s), which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also; if they have kept my word, they shall keep yours also. (Remember my words, which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord or master. If they have persecuted me, they shall also persecute you; if they have obeyed my words, they shall also obey yours.)
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 →