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Proverbs 3

Prov. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
not my law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
; but let thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
b keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
my commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
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Isa. 51:7• 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their revilings. (Isa. 51:7)
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Jer. 31:33• 33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:33)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-12:  Sundry exhortations.
13-26:  The gain of wisdom.
27-32:  Exhortation to beneficence, etc.
33-35:  The different state of the wicked and upright.
forget.
Prov. 1:8• 8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; (Prov. 1:8)
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Prov. 4:5• 5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. (Prov. 4:5)
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Prov. 31:5• 5--lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction. (Prov. 31:5)
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Deut. 4:23• 23Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee. (Deut. 4:23)
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Psa. 119:93,153,176• 93I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
 153RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. (Psa. 119:93,153,176)
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Hos. 4:6• 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
let.
Deut. 4:9• 9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons), (Deut. 4:9)
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Deut. 6:6‑9• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
 7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Deut. 6:6‑9)
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Deut. 8:1• 1Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers. (Deut. 8:1)
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Deut. 30:16‑20• 16in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
 17But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to other gods and serve them;
 18I denounce unto you this day that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land whereunto thou passest over the Jordan to possess it.
 19I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,
 20in loving Jehovah thy God, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him--for this is thy life and the length of thy days--that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. (Deut. 30:16‑20)
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Psa. 119:11,16,34,47‑48• 11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
 34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
 48And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. (Psa. 119:11,16,34,47‑48)
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Isa. 51:17• 17Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment: (Isa. 51:17)
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Jer. 31:33• 33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:33)
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John 14:21‑24• 21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
 22Judas, not the Iscariote, says to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?
 23Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him.
 24He that loves me not does not keep my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but that of the Father who has sent me. (John 14:21‑24)
• Fourth Discourse 3:1 — Wise in Our Own Eyes (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• “Let thy heart keep my commandments,” is a much-needed word. This is far more than submission to duty; it is loving devotion to the will of God. (“Proverbs Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;