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Proverbs 2:1

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

KJV

Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te :

Vulgate

Υἱέ, ἐὰν δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ,

LXX

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

ASV

בְּ֭נִ/י אִם תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑/י וּ֝/מִצְוֺתַ֗/י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אִמְרֵי
'mry
noun · 48×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 183×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
צָפַ֣נְתָּ
tspnt
verb · 33×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:8 — Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land,
  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1Thess 2:11 — As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
  • 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Dan 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
  • Deut 6:6 — And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
  • Deut 11:19 — And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
  • Deut 33:3 — Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Hos 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
  • 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.
  • John 5:38 — And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
  • John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
  • John 12:47 — 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.
  • Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
  • Luke 2:19 — But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
  • Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
  • Matt 2:9 — When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
  • Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Matt 13:19 — When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
  • Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  • Neh 8:13 — And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
  • Prov 1:3 — To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Prov 1:3 — To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
  • Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
  • Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
  • Prov 4:10 — Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
  • Prov 4:20 — My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
  • Prov 4:21 — Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
  • Prov 5:1 — My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
  • Prov 6:21 — Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
  • Prov 7:1 — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
  • Prov 7:1 — My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
  • Prov 18:1 — Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
  • Prov 19:8 — He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
  • Prov 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
  • Prov 24:14 — So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.