Proverbs 3:1
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
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:
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will ...
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, ...
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden th...
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
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