Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live, and mine instruction, as the [a]apple of thine eyes.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:2 By this diversity of words, he meaneth that nothing ought to be so dear unto us as the word of God, nor that we look on anything more nor mind anything so much.

Keep my commands and you will live;(A)
    guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”

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