Proverbs 7:1-4 in English

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 tablet of thy heart.

⁴ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

¹ My son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments.

^1a My son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:

² keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.

³ And bind them on thy fingers, and write them on the table of thine heart.

⁴ Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;

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:

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:

¹ My son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. My son, honor the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him:

² keep my commandments, and you shall live; and keep my words as the pupils of your eyes.

³ And bind them on your fingers, and write them on the table of your heart.

⁴ Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself;

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:

¹ My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions as you would MET guard a treasure.

² Obey my commands, and as a result you will live a good life. Consider the things that I teach you to be very precious; guard them, just like you protect your eyes.

³ Tie my commands around your fingers in order that they will remind you to obey them. Always keep them in mind MET.

⁴ Love wisdom like you love your sister. Understand what is wise, and let that be as dear to you as members of your family.

¹ My son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. My son, honour the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him:

² keep my commandments, and you shall live; and keep my words as the pupils of your eyes.

³ And bind them on your fingers, and write them on the table of your heart.

⁴ Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself;

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

² Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

³ Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

¹ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

² Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

³ Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

⁴ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman:

¹ My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,

² Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:

³ Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,

¹ My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.

² Do what I tell you and you will live. Observe my teachings, valuing them as your main focus in life.

³ Tie them to your fingers; write them in your mind.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You're my sister,” and call insight your best friend.

¹ My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.

² Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.

³ Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

⁴ Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,

¹ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

² Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.

³ Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

⁴ Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;

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:

¹ My son, observe my sayings, and my commandments must thou treasure up with thee.

² Observe my commandments, and live: and my teaching as the apple of thy eyes.

³ Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

⁴ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

¹ My son, keep my words, And hide with thee my commandments.

^1a My son, honor the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; And fear none but him:

² Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; And keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.

³ And bind them on thy fingers, And write them on the table of thy heart.

⁴ Say that wisdom is thy sister, And gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;

¹ My son, keep my words, And treasure up my commandments with thee!

² Keep my commandments and live! Yea, my teaching, as the apple of thine eye!

³ Bind them upon thy fingers, Write them upon the tablet of thy heart!

⁴ Say unto wisdom, “Thou art my sister!” And call understanding thy near acquaintance;

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my mitzvot ·instructions· within you.

² Obey my mitzvot ·instructions· and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep my words and store up my commands within yourself.

² Keep my commands and live and keep my instruction as the apple of your eye.

³ Tie them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

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 thy eye.

³ Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

¹ My son, keep thou my words; and keep my behests to thee.

² Keep thou my behests, and thou shalt live; and my law, as the apple of thine eye.

³ Bind thou it in thy fingers; write thou it in the tables of thine heart.

⁴ Say thou to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call thou prudence thy love.

¹ My son, keep thou my words; and keep my behests to thee. (My son, remember my words; and keep my commands with thee.)

² Keep thou my behests, and thou shalt live; and my law, as the apple of thine eye. (Keep thou my commands, and thou shalt live; and my instructions, or my teaching, as the apple of thine eyes.)

³ Bind thou it in thy fingers; write thou it in the tables of thine heart. (Bind thou it on thy fingers; write thou it on the tablets of thy heart.)

⁴ Say thou to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call thou prudence thy love (or and call thou understanding, thy friend).

¹ My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

² Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

³ Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

⁴ Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'