Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Bible References
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Deuteronomy 32:10
He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were the precious apple (pupil) of his eye.
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as if I were the pupil (apple) of your eye (center of attention). Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Zechariah 2:8
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: 'He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.'
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Proverbs 6:20
My son, obey your father's command, and do not abandon the law of your mother: