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Proverbs 7:2–4

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2Keep my commands and live; m

protect my teachings

as the pupil of your eye. n

3Tie them to your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart. o

4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” p

and call understanding your relative.

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Cross references

  1. m7:2 Pr 3:1–2; 4:4; 6:23; 19:16
  2. n7:2 Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zch 2:8
  3. o7:3 Dt 11:18; Pr 3:3; 6:21
  4. p7:4 Sg 4:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

keep my commandments and live;

keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;

bind them on your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call insight your intimate friend,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Keep my commands and you will live;

guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and to insight, “You are my relative.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Keep my commands and live,

and guard my instructions

as you would the pupil of your eye.

Tie them to your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call understanding your relative.

NLTNew Living Translation

Obey my commands and live!

Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.

Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.

Write them deep within your heart.

Love wisdom like a sister;

make insight a beloved member of your family.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Keep my commands and live,

and my teaching like the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “you are my sister,”

and you shall call insight, “intimate friend.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Keep my commandments, and live;

And my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers,

Write them upon the table of thine heart.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;

And call understanding thy kinswoman: