Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you,
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;
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 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
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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 you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you, 2 so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend your heart to understanding;
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 4:1
Sons, hear the instruction of a father, and listen in order to know understanding.
Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words and store up my commandments within you.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words which I command you this day shall be in your heart.
Job 23:12
nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.
Psalm 119:9-11
BETH: With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.
Proverbs 1:3
to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and uprightness;
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.
Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, listen to my words; bow down your ear to my sayings.
Proverbs 6:21
bind them upon your heart forever, tie them around your neck.
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which when a man has found it, he hides it, and for the joy of it goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these sayings, meditating in her heart.
Luke 2:51
And He went with them and came to Nazareth, and He was subject to them. But His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
John 12:47-48
And if any one hears My Words and does not believe, I do not judge him, for I do not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Luke 9:44
Let these words sink down into your ears. For the Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.
1 Timothy 1:15
Faithful is the Word and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.