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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 mine 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, justice, 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 understanding. (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 man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
 48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:47‑48)
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1 Tim. 1:15• 15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Tim. 1:15)
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Prov. 3:1• 1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep 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 thine 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 thine heart, and 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 thine heart:
 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on 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 esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12)
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Psa. 119:9‑11• 9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
 11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psa. 119:9‑11)
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Matt. 13:44• 44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (Matt. 13:44)
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Luke 2:19,51• 19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
 51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. (Luke 2:19,51)
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Luke 9:44• 44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. (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,