Proverbs 2:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
  • John 12:47-48 : 47 And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world. 48 He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
  • Matt 13:44 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
  • Luke 2:19 : 19 But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.
  • Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings. 21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart. 22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
  • Prov 6:21 : 21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
  • Deut 6:6-9 : 6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts; 7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up. 8 Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow; 9 Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word. 10 I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching. 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
  • Luke 9:44 : 44 Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

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

    2 Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

  • Prov 2:2-4
    3 verses
    87%

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

    3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

    4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

  • Prov 3:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

    2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.

  • Prov 4:10
    80%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 1:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

    9 For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

  • Job 22:22
    78%

    22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

    3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 4:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 7:24
    75%

    24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 5:7
    75%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 23:15
    75%

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Gen 27:8
    74%

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

    6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

  • Ps 119:11
    73%

    11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 8:10
    73%

    10 Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

  • Ps 78:1
    73%

    1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

  • Ezek 3:10
    72%

    10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.