Proverbs 3:1

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Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.
  • Prov 1:8 : 8 Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
  • John 14:21-24 : 21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.” 22 “Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus replied,“If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. 24 The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD.“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.
  • Ps 119:47-48 : 47 I will find delight in your commands, which I love. 48 I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
  • Ps 119:93 : 93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have revived me.
  • Deut 6:6-9 : 6 Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, 7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. 8 You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead. 9 Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates.
  • Deut 8:1 : 1 The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.
  • Deut 30:16-20 : 16 What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess. 17 However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods, 18 I declare to you this very day that you will certainly perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. 19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live! 20 I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.
  • Ps 119:153 : 153 ר(Resh) See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.
  • Prov 31:5 : 5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
  • Isa 51:17 : 17 Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the LORD passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:1-3
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    84%

    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

    2Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

    3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

  • Prov 1:8-10
    3 verses
    83%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

    9For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,

    2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    80%

    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

  • Prov 3:21
    79%

    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Prov 4:1-6
    6 verses
    79%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

    2Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

    3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

    4he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 23:26
    79%

    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Prov 3:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.

    3Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 5:1
    78%

    1Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

  • Deut 8:11
    77%

    11Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

  • Prov 23:19
    76%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Prov 8:32
    76%

    32“So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Deut 4:9
    75%

    9Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

  • Prov 5:7
    75%

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 4:10
    74%

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

  • Gen 27:8
    74%

    8Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

  • Prov 3:11
    74%

    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

  • Ps 119:34
    74%

    34Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

  • Ps 119:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

    11In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 23:15
    73%

    15My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;

  • Deut 6:2
    72%

    2and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.

  • Ps 119:4
    72%

    4You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

  • Eph 6:3
    72%

    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

  • Deut 6:17
    72%

    17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

  • Ps 78:7
    72%

    7Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

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

  • Deut 6:6
    72%

    6Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,

  • Ps 119:8
    72%

    8I will keep your statutes. Do not completely abandon me!

  • Prov 7:24
    72%

    24So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

  • Ps 119:16
    72%

    16I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.

  • Deut 10:13
    72%

    13and to keep the LORD’s commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good?