Proverbs 3:1

Modern

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Traditional

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Literal

My son, do not forget my instruction, and let your heart keep my commands.

Latin

Fili mi, ne obliviscaris legis meæ, et præcepta mea cor tuum custodiat:

Hebrew

English

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Storing God's commands in your heart means more than memorizing them. It involves making them a key part of your life and acting on them.

The Lord blesses people who trust him and seek his guidance. His correction helps those who follow him.

Theme notes and profiles

John 14:21–24
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.”
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
Deuteronomy 6:6–9
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
Psalm 119:16
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Psalm 119:93
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
Deuteronomy 8:1
You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Psalm 119:47–48
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Psalm 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Psalm 119:153
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.