Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
Young's Literal Translation
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 commands lay up with thee.
3Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10He findeth him in a land — a desert, And in a void — a howling wilderness, He turneth him round — He causeth him to understand — He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live!
Proverbs 4:13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
Jeremiah 38:20And Jeremiah saith, 'They do not give thee up; hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of Jehovah, to that which I am speaking unto thee, and it is well for thee, and thy soul doth live.
John 12:49because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
John 15:14ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command 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 →