Bible Strands
Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a son directly, issuing a command to internalize wisdom before detailing the specific dangers of seduction in the immediate narrative.
The words — שְׁמֹר (she.Mor) means "keep," and תִּצְפֹּן (titz.Pon) means "you will treasure," both verbs commanding active preservation of the spoken instructions.
The thread — The text's call to internalize divine instruction runs through Proverbs 1:8, Luke 11:28, and Revelation 1:3, where hearing and obeying God's word is consistently linked to life and blessing.
Why it lands — The text demands that a reader actively store and obey the given commands rather than merely acknowledge them intellectually.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 1:8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Revelation 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
- Proverbs 2:1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- Revelation 22:9 But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
- Job 22:22 Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
- Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- John 15:20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
- Deuteronomy 11:28 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.