Proverbs 4:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 7:2 : 2 Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
  • Lev 18:3-5 : 3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules. 4 But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God. 5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
  • Deut 6:6 : 6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;
  • 1 Chr 22:11-16 : 11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you. 12 Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled. 14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it. 15 And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work, 16 In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.
  • John 12:50 : 50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
  • 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;

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

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  • Prov 4:10-11
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    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

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  • Prov 4:1-3
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    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.

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  • Prov 7:1-4
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    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;

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  • Prov 3:1-2
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    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

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  • Prov 4:20-23
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    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.

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    23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

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    13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

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

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

  • Prov 8:32-33
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    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

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  • Prov 6:20-22
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    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.

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

  • Prov 23:19
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    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

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

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

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    11 For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.

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  • Ps 119:33-34
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    33 <HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.

    34 Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

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    33 If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

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

  • Prov 23:15
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    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.

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    35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.