Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by 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;
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,
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 thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee, 2 that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments.
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom.
Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.
Job 23:12
I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.
Psalm 119:9-11
{Beth} Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Even by ruling himself after thy word.
Proverbs 1:3
righteousness, judgment and equity.
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many.
Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, mark my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs 6:21
Put them up together in thine heart, and bind them about thy neck.
Matthew 13:44
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in the field, the which a man findeth and hideth it: and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all those sayings, and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:51
And he went with them, and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.
John 12:47-48
and if any man hear my words and believe not, I judge him not. For I came not to judge the world: but to save the world.
Luke 9:44
"Let these sayings sink down into your ears. The time will come, when the son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men."
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a true saying, and by all means worthy to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief: