Proverbs 2:1

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“My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,”

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BSBPD

“My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 2:1 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 6:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
  2. Deuteronomy 30:13And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
  3. Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  4. Psalms 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
  5. Proverbs 1:3and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
  6. Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
  7. Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
  8. Proverbs 4:10Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
  9. Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
  10. Proverbs 6:21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
  11. Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
  12. Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
  13. Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
  14. Proverbs 28:7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
  15. Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
  16. Luke 2:19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
  17. Luke 2:51Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
  18. Luke 9:44“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
  19. John 12:47As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
  20. 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

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