Proverbs 7:1 - The Message Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions. Do what I say and you’ll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it! Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart. Talk to Wisdom as to a sister. Treat Insight as your companion. They’ll be with you to fend off the Temptress— that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY SON, keep my words; lay up within you my commandments [for use when needed] and treasure them. American Standard Version (1901) My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. Common English Bible My son, keep my words; store up my commands within you. Catholic Public Domain Version My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son, |