Proverbs 7:1

My child, ²  keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. ³ 

De 11:28; Job 22:22; Pr 1:8; Pr 2:1-7; Pr 3:1; Pr 10:14; Lu 8:15; Lu 11:28; Joh 14:23; Joh 15:20; Re 1:3; Re 22:9

¹ sn The chapter begins with the important teaching of the father (1-5), then it focuses on the seduction: first of the victim (6-9), then the temptress (10-12), then the seduction (13-20), and the capitulation (21-23); the chapter concludes with the deadly results of consorting (24-27).

² tn Heb “my son.”

³ tn Heb “within you” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, ASV, NRSV “with you.” BDB 860 s.v. צָפַן Qal.1 suggests that “within you” means “in your own keeping.”