Verse 1

My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you,

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  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.
  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.
  • John 12:47-48 : 47 "If anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge them. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects Me and does not accept My words has a judge: The word I have spoken will judge them on the last day.
  • Matt 13:44 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
  • Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Listen, my son, and accept my words, and the years of your life will be many.
  • Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.
  • Prov 6:21 : 21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
  • Deut 6:6-9 : 6 These words that I am commanding you today are to be upon your heart. 7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 How can a young person keep their way pure? By living according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I seek You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity,
  • Luke 9:44 : 44 'Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.'
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.