Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 2:1 in other translations
| BSB | My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, |
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| WEB | My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you, |
| ASV | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; |
| YLT | My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, |
| DARBY | My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, |
| BBE | My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; |
| Webster | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; |
What does Proverbs 2:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 2:1-5
Pr 2:1-22. Men are invited to seek wisdom because it teaches those principles by which they may obtain God's guidance and avoid the society and influence of the wicked, whose pernicious courses are described.
1-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The teacher promises his pupil the highest advantages, if he will follow the dictates of wisdom, Pro 2:1-9. He shall be happy in its enjoyment, Pro 2:10, Pro 2:11; shall be saved from wicked men, Pro 2:12-15; and from the snares of bad women, Pro 2:16-19; be a companion of the good and upright; and be in safety in the land, when the wicked shall be rooted out of it, Pro 2:20-22. Verse 1 My son - Here the tutor still continues to instruct his disciple. Hide my commandments with theel Treasure them up in thy heart, and then act from them through the medium of thy affections. He who has the rule of his duty only in his Bible and in his head, is not likely to be a steady, consistent character; his heart is not engaged, and his obedience, in any case, can be only forced, or done from a sense of duty: it is not the obedience of a loving, dutiful child, to an affectionate father. But he who has the word of God in his heart, works from his heart; his heart goes with him in all things, and he delights to do the will of his heavenly Father, because his law is in his heart. See Pro 3:3.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 2:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 2:1
- Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Proverbs 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
- Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
- John 12:47-48
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
- Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
- Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
- Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
- Psalms 119:9-11
ב BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
- Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Proverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
- Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10 and safety from evil company;
20 and direction in good ways.
if.
1:3; 4:1; 7:1; Joh 12:47,48; 1Ti 1:15
hide.
3:1; 4:20-22; 6:21; De 6:6-9; Job 23:12; Ps 119:9-11; Mt 13:44
Lu 2:19,51; 9:44
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Context
- Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon fils, si tu reçois mes paroles et que tu caches par-devers toi mes commandements |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mein Sohn, wenn du meine Reden annimmst und meine Gebote bei dir verwahrst, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te: |