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Proverbs 2

Prov. 2:1 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}
, if thou wilt receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
my words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
, and hide
tsaphan (Hebrew #6845)
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV usage: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: tsaw-fan'
Origin: a primitive root
l 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
with thee;
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Psa. 119:11• 11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psa. 119:11)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-9:  Wisdom promises godliness to her children;
10-19:  and safety from evil company;
20-22:  and direction in good ways.
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Prov. 1:3• 3to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity; (Prov. 1:3)
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Prov. 4:1• 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence; (Prov. 4:1)
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Prov. 7:1• 1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. (Prov. 7:1)
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John 12:47‑48• 47and if any one hear my words and do not keep them, I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
 48He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:47‑48)
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1 Tim. 1:15• 15Faithful is the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am the first. (1 Tim. 1:15)
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Prov. 3:1• 1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments; (Prov. 3:1)
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Prov. 4:20‑22• 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
 22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (Prov. 4:20‑22)
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Prov. 6:21• 21bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck: (Prov. 6:21)
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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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Job 23:12• 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. (Job 23:12)
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Psa. 119:9‑11• 9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
 11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psa. 119:9‑11)
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Matt. 13:44• 44The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field. (Matt. 13:44)
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Luke 2:19,51• 19But Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.
 51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart. (Luke 2:19,51)
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Luke 9:44• 44Do *ye* let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of man is about to be delivered into men's hands. (Luke 9:44)
• Third Discourse 2:1 — Schooling (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• {v.1-5} The Christian need not be scholarly and profound to understand the Scripture of truth. It is condition of soul, rather than a well-furnished mind, that is required. God has given His word. He exhorts us to search it in dependence upon His Holy Spirit, who is now come to guide us into all truth. (“Proverbs Two” by H.A. Ironside)
• It is no careless reading of the Scriptures that is here indicated. The soul is exhorted to “receive” these sayings. This is something more than a cursory examination of them. The sayings of God must be received into the heart. (“Proverbs Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,