King James Version
Proverbs 7:1 in the King James Version says “My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.”
Proverbs 7:1 · KJV
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“and lay up”
H6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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