Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Compare
- BSB
- My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- KJV
- My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- WEB
- My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
- ASV
- My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
- DARBY
- My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
- BLB
- My son, do not forget my instruction, and let your heart keep my commands.
- ÅB
- Min sønn! Glem ikke min lære og la ditt hjerte bevare mine bud!
- OTB
- Min sønn, glem ikke min lære, men la ditt hjerte følge mine bud;
- B1930
- Min sønn! Glem ikke min lære og la ditt hjerte bevare mine bud!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 14:21–24
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Read in contextProverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:6–9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Read in contextPsalms 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Read in contextProverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Read in contextPsalms 119:93
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Read in contextPsalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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