Proverbs 2:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Proverbs 2:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
John 12:47-48
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. …
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, 20) and he had given this general answer (Job 28:23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I. What means we must use that we may obtain wisdom. 1. We must closely attend to the word of God, for that is…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Pr 2:1-22. Men are invited to seek wisdom because it teaches those principles by which they may obtain God’s guidance and avoid the society and influence of the wicked, whose pernicious courses are described. 1-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).