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Proverbs 7:1

Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

My son, keep my words,.... Doctrines and instructions; which, as a father to a son, or a master to his scholars, he had delivered; these he would have him observe and attend to;

and lay up my…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The harlot adulteress of an Eastern city is contrasted with the true feminine ideal of the Wisdom who is to be the “sister” and “kinswoman” Pro 7:4 of the young man as he goes on his way through life.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 7:1-5

These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, Pro 6:20, etc., and ending (Pro 7:5) as that did (Pro 6:24), To keep thee from the strange woman; that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Proverbs 7:1-4

Pro 7:1-4] Compare the similar exhortations Pro 1:8-9; Pro 2:1-5; Pro 3:1; Pro 3:3; Pro 3:21-22; Pro 4:20-21; Pro 6:20-23.