Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up 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;
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;
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 dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, 2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:1
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
Proverbs 7:1
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,
Job 23:12
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Psalm 119:9-11
Beth. With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.
Proverbs 1:3
For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
Proverbs 4:10
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee.
Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
Matthew 13:44
'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.
Luke 2:19
and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;
Luke 2:51
and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,
John 12:47-48
and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
Luke 9:44
'Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.'
1 Timothy 1:15
stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;