Proverbs 7:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
  • John 14:23 : 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.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
  • Rev 1:3 : 3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near!
  • Rev 22:9 : 9 But he said to me,“Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”
  • Prov 2:1-7 : 1 Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself, 2 by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, 3 indeed, if you call out for discernment– shout loudly for understanding– 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
  • Prov 10:14 : 14 Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
  • Deut 11:28 : 28 and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    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 7:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    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 3:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Prov 6:20-22
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

  • 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 5:7
    79%

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

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    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 7:24
    78%

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

  • Prov 4:4-6
    3 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.

  • Prov 8:32
    77%

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

  • Prov 3:21
    76%

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

  • Prov 4:10
    76%

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

  • Prov 23:26
    76%

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

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

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

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Deut 7:11
    74%

    11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

  • Prov 22:18
    74%

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

  • Job 22:22
    73%

    22Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

  • Ps 12:7
    73%

    7You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,

  • Prov 23:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

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

  • Deut 6:17
    73%

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

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

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

  • Deut 6:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

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

    7and 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.

  • Deut 11:18
    72%

    18Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

  • Prov 7:5
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:11
    72%

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

  • Ps 119:4
    72%

    4You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

  • 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.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

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

  • Prov 27:11
    71%

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

  • Deut 4:9
    71%

    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 4:13
    71%

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

  • John 15:10
    71%

    10If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

  • Prov 1:10
    71%

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

  • Deut 8:6
    71%

    6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

  • Prov 23:15
    71%

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