Proverbs 7:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
אִישׁוֹן
ʼîyshôwn
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Key Terms in This Verse
אִישׁוֹן ʼîyshôwn
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
Study H380 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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.
Incline 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.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
He 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.
For 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.
Blessed 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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