KJV King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
WEB World English Bible
Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
ASV American Standard Version
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
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Psalm 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,1 John 2:3-4And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.1 John 5:1-3Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.John 14:21He 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.Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.John 12:49-50For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Zechariah 2:8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.Revelation 22:14Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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