Proverbs 7:1

“My son, keep my words, etc.] Doctrines and instructions; which, as a father to a son, or a master to his scholars, he had delivered; these he would have him observe and attend to; and lay up my commandments with thee: as a treasure in his heart, to be brought out upon occasion; to be kept as valuable, and made use of as an antidote against and a preservative from sinning; (see <19B911>Psalm 119:11). The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, what is not in the Hebrew text, “son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong;” the Arabic adds, “and he shall strengthen thee; and fear none besides him.””

“The subject continued, by a delineation of the arts of strange women, as a caution to the unwary. (Pro. 7:1-27) Similar calls (Pro 3:1-3; Pro 4:10, &c.).”

“The harlot adulteress of an Eastern city is contrasted with the true feminine ideal of the Wisdom who is to be the “sister” and “kinswoman” Proverbs 7:4 of the young man as he goes on his way through life. See Proverbs 8:0 in the introduction. return to 'Top of Page'”

“7:1-27 This is the last of four sections in chs 1–9 that warn against the dangers of promiscuous women (see also 2:16-22; 5:1-23; 6:20-35).”

“My son: Pro 1:8, Pro 3:1 keep: Luk 8:15, Luk 11:28; Joh 14:23, Joh 15:20; Rev 1:3, Rev 22:9 lay: Pro 2:1-7, Pro 10:14; Deu 11:28; Job 22:22 Proverbs 7:2”

“The introduction first counsels in general to a true appreciation of these well-considered life-rules of wisdom. 1 My son, keep my words, And treasure up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; And my instruction as the apple of thine eye. 3 Wind them about thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart. The lxx has after Pro 7:1 another distich; but it here disturbs the connection. Regarding צפן, vid., at Pro 2:1; אתּך refers, as there, to the sphere of one's own character, and that subjectively. Regarding the imper. וחיה, which must here be translated according to its sense as a conclusion, because it comes in between the objects governed by שׁמר, vid.,…”