Proverbs 4:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 119:144

Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.

Psalm 119:168

I keep your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before you.

Proverbs 22:6

Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.

Proverbs 23:26

My child, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

Proverbs 3:1

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

Proverbs 3:2

for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you.

Proverbs 7:2

keep my commandments and live; keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

Jeremiah 38:20

Jeremiah said, “That will not happen. Just obey the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, and it shall go well with you, and your life shall be spared.

John 12:50

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”

Ephesians 6:4

And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:9

“But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children—

Deuteronomy 6:6

Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart.

2 Timothy 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 5:9

and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

Judges 13:12

Then Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy’s rule of life; what is he to do?”