Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

New American Standard Bible

My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

My son, if you accept my words, and treasure my instructions

A Conservative Version

My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,

Bible in Basic English

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

Darby Translation

My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

My son, if you will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with you;

Lexham Expanded Bible

My child, if you will receive my sayings, and hide my commands with you,

Modern King James verseion

My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

NET Bible

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

New Heart English Bible

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

The Emphasized Bible

My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

Webster

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

World English Bible

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

Youngs Literal Translation

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
if thou wilt receive
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

my words
אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

and hide
צפן 
Tsaphan 
Usage: 32

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

Images Proverbs 2:1

Prayers for Proverbs 2:1

Context Readings

The Benefits Of Wisdom

1 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;


Cross References

Proverbs 3:1

My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands;

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

Proverbs 7:1

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

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
more than my daily food.

Psalm 119:9-11

ב BetHow can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping Your word.

Proverbs 1:3

for receiving wise instruction
in righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Proverbs 4:10

Listen, my son. Accept my words,
and you will live many years.

Proverbs 4:20-22

My son, pay attention to my words;
listen closely to my sayings.

Proverbs 6:21

Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

Luke 2:19

But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them.

Luke 2:51

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.

John 12:47-48

If anyone hears My words and doesn’t keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

Luke 9:44

“Let these words sink in: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

1 Timothy 1:15

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them.

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