Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- KJV
- My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- 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;
- DARBY
- My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
- BLB
- My son, if you receive my words and you treasure my commands within you,
- ÅB
- Min sønn! Dersom du tar imot mine ord og gjemmer mine bud hos deg,
- OTB
- Min sønn, hvis du tar imot mine ord og gjemmer mine bud hos deg,
- B1930
- Min sønn! Dersom du tar imot mine ord og gjemmer mine bud hos dig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Read in contextProverbs 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Read in contextProverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:6–9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Read in contextProverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Read in contextProverbs 4:20–22
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Read in contextProverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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