Proverbs 7:1 - Easy To Read Version My son, remember my words. Don’t forget the commands I give you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, |
My son, {\cf2\super [1]} listen to your father when he corrects you. And don’t ignore what your mother teaches you.
Wise people \{are quiet\} and learn new things. But foolish people talk and bring trouble to themselves.
My son, don’t forget my teaching. Remember the things I tell you to do.
She is on a path leading to death. She will lead you straight to the grave!
My son, remember your father’s commands. And don’t forget your mother’s teachings.
But Jesus said, “The people that hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the people that are truly happy!”
And what is the seed that fell on the good ground? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching with a good, honest heart. They obey God’s teaching and patiently make good fruit.
Jesus answered, “If any person loves me, then he will obey my teaching. My Father will love that person. My Father and I will come to that person and live with him.
Remember the lesson I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, then they will do wrong to you too. And if people obeyed my teaching, then they will obey yours too.
But you will get the curse if you refuse to listen and obey the commands of the Lord your God. So don’t stop living the way I command you today. And don’t follow other gods. {You know the Lord, but} you don’t know those gods.
The person that reads the words of this message from God is blessed (happy). And the people who hear this message and do the things that are written in it are blessed. There is not much time left.
But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. {\cf2\super [170]} I am a servant like all the people who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”