Proverbs 2:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you,

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured his words in my bosom.

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.

Proverbs 1:3

for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Proverbs 3:1

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

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

Proverbs 4:10

Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.

Proverbs 6:21

Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 7:1

My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;

Proverbs 8:1

Does not wisdom call and understanding raise her voice?

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Luke 2:19

and Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.

Luke 2:51

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them, and his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

Luke 9:44

“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.”

Deuteronomy 30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?’

1 Timothy 1:15

The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.