Proverbs 7:2

Proverbs chapter 7 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

Context

v.1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

v.2This passage

v.3Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 22:14

    Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

  • John 15:14

    Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

  • 1 John 2:3

    And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Proverbs 4:13

    Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.