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Proverbs 7:1

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Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress87

7:1My child,1 keep my words

and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.2

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Footnotes

  1. 87 The chapter begins with the important teaching of the father (1–5), then it focuses on the seduction: first of the victim (6–9), then the temptress (10–12), then the seduction (13–20), and the capitulation (21–23); the chapter concludes with the deadly results of consorting (24–27).
  2. 1 Heb “my son.”
  3. 2 Heb “within you” (so , ); , , “with you.” 860 צָפַן Qal.1 suggests that “within you” means “in your own keeping.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, keep my words

and treasure up my commandments with you;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My son, keep my words

and store up my commands within you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My son, obey my words,

and treasure my commands.

NLTNew Living Translation

Follow my advice, my son;

always treasure my commands.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, guard my sayings;

store my commandments with you.

KJV 1900King James Version

My son, keep my words,

And lay up my commandments with thee.