Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.

King James Version

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.

A Conservative Version

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

American Standard Version

My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

Amplified

My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].

Bible in Basic English

My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

Darby Translation

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Julia Smith Translation

My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee.

King James 2000

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My child, guard my sayings; store my commandments with you.

Modern King James verseion

My son, keep my words and store up my commandments within you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee.

NET Bible

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

New Heart English Bible

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

The Emphasized Bible

My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;

Webster

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

World English Bible

My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

Youngs Literal Translation

My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

my words
אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

and lay up
צפן 
Tsaphan 
Usage: 32

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

Context Readings

Warning Against The Strange Woman

1 My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hearken unto the chastening of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Deuteronomy 11:28

and the curse if ye will not hear the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

Job 22:22

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Proverbs 2:1-7

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

Proverbs 3:1

My son, forget not my law, but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.

Luke 8:15

But that on the good ground are those who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 11:28

But he said, Rather, blessed are those that hear the word of God and keep it.

John 14:23

Jesus answered and said unto him, He who loves me will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and dwell with him.

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said unto you, The slave is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Revelation 1:3

Blessed is he that reads and those that hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein, for the time is at hand.

Revelation 22:9

Then he said unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowslave and with thy brethren the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book: worship God.

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