Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
BSB
ASV
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
KJV
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Wisdom is open to all and loves humankind. Anyway, Solomon says, "My son, if you accept my words of instruction and keep them deep within you, your ear will listen to wisdom." This means that the word is sown and kept deep in the soul of the learner as if in the ground. This is spiritual growth.So he adds, "You shall direct your heart to understanding and direct it towards instruction for your son."
Now in the divine order comes the promise Pro 2:5. The conditions of its fulfillment are stated in Pro 2:1-4 in four sets of parallel clauses, each with some shade of distinct meaning. Thus, not “receiving” only, but “hiding” or treasuring up - not the “ear” only, but the “heart” - not the mere “cry,” but the eager “lifting up the voice.”
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
leads to
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Through
Proverbs 1:3and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
leads to
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
Through
Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
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We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.