Proverbs 3:21

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 1:8 : 8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
  • 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 32:46-47 : 46 he said to them,“Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law. 47 For this is no idle word for you– it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
  • Prov 4:21 : 21 Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • 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.
  • 1 John 2:24 : 24 As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
  • John 15:6-7 : 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,
  • Prov 3:1-3 : 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you. 3 Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:20-23
    4 verses
    87%

    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;

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

    23Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

  • Prov 3:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

    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.

    4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 3:22
    79%

    22So they will become life for your soul, and grace around your neck.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

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

    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Prov 4:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 7:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    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 23:19
    76%

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

  • Prov 5:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 4:25
    75%

    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

  • Prov 23:26
    75%

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

  • Prov 1:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    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 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    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 1:15
    74%

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

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17The Sayings of the Wise Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.

    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

  • Prov 4:13
    73%

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

  • Prov 19:27
    73%

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

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

  • Eccl 7:11
    72%

    11Wisdom Can Lengthen One’s Life Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

  • Prov 3:7
    72%

    7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  • Prov 7:25
    72%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Deut 4:9
    72%

    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 23:12
    72%

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

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

  • Prov 3:20
    71%

    20By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, so that the clouds drip down dew.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 8:32
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 27:23
    71%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 1:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity.

    4To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.