Proverbs
Proverbs 7:1–2
1My son, keep my words
and treasure my commandments within you.
2Keep my commandments and live;
guard my teachings as the applea of your eye.
Footnotes
- a 7:2 Literally the pupil
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Proverbs 7:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My son | בְּ֭נִי | bə·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1121 son |
| keep | שְׁמֹ֣ר | šə·mōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| my words | אֲמָרָ֑י | ’ă·mā·rāy | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H561 something said |
| and treasure | תִּצְפֹּ֥ן | tiṣ·pōn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H6845 hide, treasure up |
| my commandments | וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י | ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H4687 commandment |
| within you | אִתָּֽךְ׃ | ’it·tāḵ | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H854 with |
Proverbs 7:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | שְׁמֹ֣ר | šə·mōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| my commandments | מִצְוֺתַ֣י | miṣ·wō·ṯay | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H4687 commandment |
| and live | וֶחְיֵ֑ה | weḥ·yêh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H2421 live |
| guard my teachings | וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י | wə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
| as the apple | כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן | kə·’î·šō·wn | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H380 pupil |
| of your eye | עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | ‘ê·ne·ḵā | Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 7:1 Proverbs 1:8 · Revelation 1:3 · Luke 11:28 · John 14:23 · Proverbs 2:1–7 · Revelation 22:9 · Proverbs 3:1 · Job 22:22 · John 15:20 · Deuteronomy 11:28 · Luke 8:15
Proverbs 7:2 Psalm 17:8 · 1 John 2:3–4 · Proverbs 4:4 · Leviticus 18:5 · John 14:21 · 1 John 5:1–3 · John 12:49–50 · John 15:14 · Isaiah 55:3 · Deuteronomy 32:10 · Proverbs 4:13 · Zechariah 2:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.