1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. …
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: …
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We are here taught to live a life of communion with God; and without controversy great is this mystery of godliness, and of great consequence to us, and, as is here shown, will be of unspeakable advantage. I. We must have a continual regard to God’s precepts, Prov. 3:1 , 2 . 1. We must, (1.) Fix God’s law, and his commandments, as our rule, by which we will in every thing be ruled and to which we…
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