Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Holman Bible
and store up my commands within you,
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
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;
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,
Themes
Fear » Who shall understand the fear of the lord
Finding » Who shall find the lord
Knowledge » Who shall find the knowledge of God
The lord seeking that which was lost » The reward for seeking knowledge
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 2:1
Images Proverbs 2:1
Prayers for Proverbs 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Benefits Of Wisdom
1 My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, 2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
Psalm 119:9-11
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
Proverbs 1:3
to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs 6:21
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:51
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
John 12:47-48
and if any one hear my words and do not keep them, I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
Luke 9:44
Do ye let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of man is about to be delivered into men's hands.
1 Timothy 1:15
Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first.