Proverbs 2:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
  • John 12:47-48 : 47 and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world. 48 `He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day,
  • Matt 13:44 : 44 `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.
  • Luke 2:19 : 19 and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,
  • Prov 4:10 : 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.
  • Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, 21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. 22 For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
  • Prov 6:21 : 21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
  • Deut 6:6-9 : 6 and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, 7 and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up, 8 and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes, 9 and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 `Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word. 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands. 11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
  • Luke 9:44 : 44 `Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.'
  • 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 stedfast `is' the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;

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%

    1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

    2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

  • Prov 2:2-4
    3 verses
    87%

    2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

    3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

    4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

    2 To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    83%

    20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

    21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

  • Prov 3:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

    2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

  • Prov 4:10
    80%

    10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

  • Prov 1:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

    9 For a graceful wreath `are' they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

    10 My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

    2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

  • Job 22:22
    78%

    22 Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

    3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

    21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

    33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

  • Prov 23:26
    77%

    26 Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

    18 For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • Prov 4:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

    5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12 Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 7:24
    75%

    24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

    19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

  • Prov 5:7
    75%

    7 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:15
    75%

    15 My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16 And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Gen 27:8
    74%

    8 `And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

    11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

    6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

  • Ps 119:11
    73%

    11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15 My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Prov 8:10
    73%

    10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Ps 78:1
    73%

    1 An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

  • Ezek 3:10
    72%

    10 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6 Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.