Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. New Living Translation Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes. English Standard Version keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; Berean Standard Bible Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. King James Bible Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. New King James Version Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. New American Standard Bible Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. NASB 1995 Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. NASB 1977 Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. Legacy Standard Bible Keep my commandments and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. Amplified Bible Keep my commandments and live, And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye. Christian Standard Bible Keep my commands and live, and guard my instructions as you would the pupil of your eye. Holman Christian Standard Bible Keep my commands and live; protect my teachings as the pupil of your eye. American Standard Version Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Keep my commandments and live, and my law like the pupil of the eye. Brenton Septuagint Translation keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes. Contemporary English Version Obey me, and you will live! Let my instructions be your greatest treasure. Douay-Rheims Bible Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye: English Revised Version Keep my commandments and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. GOD'S WORD® Translation Obey my commands so that you may live. Follow my teachings just as you protect the pupil of your eye. Good News Translation Do what I say, and you will live. Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes. International Standard Version Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight. JPS Tanakh 1917 Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of thine eye. Literal Standard Version Keep my commands, and live, | And my law as the pupil of your eye. Majority Standard Bible Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. New American Bible Keep my commands and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye; NET Bible Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. New Revised Standard Version keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye; New Heart English Bible Keep my commandments and live. Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. Webster's Bible Translation Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye. World English Bible Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. Young's Literal Translation Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings about the Adulteress1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. 2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. 3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings Proverbs 4:4 he taught me and said, "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live. Proverbs 4:21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. Zechariah 2:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you--for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye-- Treasury of Scripture Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye. keep Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Leviticus 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. Isaiah 55:3 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. as the Deuteronomy 32:10 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. Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, Zechariah 2:8 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. Jump to Previous Apple Commandments Commands Eye Eyes Guard Light Live Pupil Rules Teaching TeachingsJump to Next Apple Commandments Commands Eye Eyes Guard Light Live Pupil Rules Teaching TeachingsProverbs 7 1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom6. In an example of his own experience he shows 10. the cunning of a harlot 22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton 24. He detests such wickedness Verse 2. - Keep my commandments, and live (see on Proverbs 4:4). As the apple of thine eye; literally, the little man (ishon, diminutive of ish) of the eye; so called from the miniature reflection of objects seen in the pupil, specially of the person who looks into another's eye. It is a proverbial expression for anything particularly precious and liable to be injured unless guarded with scrupulous care (comp. Psalm 17:8, Zechariah 2:8). Similarly the Greeks called this organ κόρη, "damsel" or "puppet," and the Latin, pupilla. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Keepשְׁמֹ֣ר (šə·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to my commandments מִצְוֺתַ֣י (miṣ·wō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4687: Commandment and live; וֶחְיֵ֑ה (weḥ·yêh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive guard my teachings וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י (wə·ṯō·w·rā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law as the apple כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן (kə·’î·šō·wn) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 380: The little man of the eye, the pupil, ball, the middle of your eye. עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (‘ê·ne·ḵā) Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain Links Proverbs 7:2 NIVProverbs 7:2 NLT Proverbs 7:2 ESV Proverbs 7:2 NASB Proverbs 7:2 KJV Proverbs 7:2 BibleApps.com Proverbs 7:2 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 7:2 Chinese Bible Proverbs 7:2 French Bible Proverbs 7:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live! 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