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God’s Commands
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| | | | Proverbs 2:1-5
1 My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 3:1-2
1 My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; 2 For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you.
Proverbs 4:1-4
1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding; 2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. 3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.
Proverbs 6:20-24
20 My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. 21 Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck. 22 When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, 24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
Proverbs 7:1-5
1 My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. 2 Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye. 3 Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your nearest kin, 5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words. | | Proverbs 13:13-14
13 He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded. 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 19:16
16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is careless of his ways will die.
Proverbs 28:4
4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs 28:7
7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 29:18
18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.
Proverbs 30:5
5 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. | | | | | |
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