Verse 1

¶ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, ‹Yea rather, blessed› [are] ‹they that hear the word of God, and keep it.›
  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.›
  • John 15:20 : 20 ‹Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.›
  • Rev 1:3 : 3 ¶ Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time [is] at hand.
  • Rev 22:9 : 9 Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
  • Prov 2:1-7 : 1 ¶ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 ¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
  • Prov 10:14 : 14 ¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 ‹But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep› [it], ‹and bring forth fruit with patience.›
  • Deut 11:28 : 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.