Proverbs 2:1

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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.

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%

    1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.

    2Keep my commandments and live, and guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

  • Prov 2:2-4
    3 verses
    87%

    2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

    3if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

    4if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.

    2So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Prov 3:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

    2For they will add length of days, years of life, and peace to you.

  • Prov 4:10
    80%

    10Listen, my son, and accept my words, and the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 1:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

    9For they will be a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

    10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

    2For I give you good teaching; do not abandon my instruction.

  • Job 22:22
    78%

    22Accept instruction from His mouth and place His words in your heart.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2To know wisdom and discipline, to understand words of insight,

    3To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity,

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

    21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

    33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not neglect it.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

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

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

    18For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

  • Prov 4:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'

    5Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 7:24
    75%

    24Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Prov 5:7
    75%

    7Now, my children, listen to me, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:15
    75%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, my heart will also rejoice.

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • Gen 27:8
    74%

    8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

    11Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,

    6To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

  • Ps 119:11
    73%

    11I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Prov 8:10
    73%

    10Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Ps 78:1
    73%

    1A teaching of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Ezek 3:10
    72%

    10And he said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all the words I speak to you and listen closely with your ears."

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I may answer anyone who reproaches me.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.