Mishle 7:1

1 Beni (my son), be shomer over my words, and treasure up my mitzvot with thee.

Mishle 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.''

Mishle 7:1 In-Context

1 Beni (my son), be shomer over my words, and treasure up my mitzvot with thee.

2 Be shomer over my mitzvot, and live, and over my torah as the apple of thine eye.

3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev.

4 Say unto chochmah, Thou art my achot; and call binah (understanding) thy kinsman;

5 That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah, from the nokhriyah with her smooth words.