Proverbs 7:1

Warning Against the Adulterous Woman

1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.

Proverbs 7:1 in Other Translations

1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;

1 Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.

1 Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions.

1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

1 My son, pay attention to my words. Treasure my commands that are within you.

1 My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands.

1 My son, obey my words. Store up my commands inside you.

Proverbs 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words
Doctrines and instructions; which, as a father to a son, or a master to his scholars, he had delivered; these he would have him observe and attend to; and lay up my commandments with thee:
as a treasure in his heart, to be brought out upon occasion; to be kept as valuable, and made use of as an antidote against and a preservative from sinning; see ( Psalms 119:11 ) . The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, what is not in the Hebrew text,

``son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong;''

the Arabic adds,

``and he shall strengthen thee; and fear none besides him.''

Proverbs 7:1 In-Context

1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.

2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”

5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 2:1