Proverbs 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

bənî if tiqqaḥ ʾămārāy and-miṣwōṯay tiṣpōn with-you

Grammar Details

*bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my son
*tiqqaḥ*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will take/receive
*ʾămārāy*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my sayings/words
*miṣwōṯay*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my commandments
*tiṣpōn*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will treasure/store up
*ʾittāḵ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you

Word Meanings

*tiqqaḥ*: take/receive/accept
*tiṣpōn*: treasure/store up/hide/preserve

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
John 12:47-48 : 47 And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Matt 13:44 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all [these] sayings in her heart.
Prov 4:10 : 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.
Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
Prov 6:21 : 21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
Job 23:12 : 12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Ps 119:9-9 : 9 BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Prov 1:3 : 3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
Luke 9:44 : 44 Let {G5210} these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.
1 Tim 1:15 : 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 7:1-2
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1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
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1My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
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Prov 4:20-21
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20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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Prov 3:1-2
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1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
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Prov 4:10
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Prov 1:8-10
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80%
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Prov 4:1-2
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79%
1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
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Job 22:22
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22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
Prov 1:2-3
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Prov 6:20-21
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20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Prov 8:32-33
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32Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
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Prov 23:26
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Prov 22:17-18
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Prov 4:4-5
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Prov 23:12
75%
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Prov 7:24
75%
24Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
Prov 23:19
75%
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Prov 5:7
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7Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.
Prov 23:15
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Prov 3:21
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Job 34:16
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Gen 27:8
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Prov 2:10-11
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Prov 1:5-6
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Prov 8:10
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Ps 78:1
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Ezek 3:10
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Prov 27:11
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Prov 22:6
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Prov 19:27
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