(A)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(B)Keep my commands, and live.

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Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold(A) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.(B)

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Guidance for the Young

My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,

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50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I (A)speak.”

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50 I know that his command leads to eternal life.(A) So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”(B)

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(A)Keep my commands and live,
(B)And my law as the apple of your eye.

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Keep my commands and you will live;(A)
    guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

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“As for you, my son Solomon, (A)know the God of your father, and serve Him (B)with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for (C)the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. (D)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will (E)cast you off forever.

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“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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15 and that from childhood you have known (A)the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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15 and how from infancy(A) you have known the Holy Scriptures,(B) which are able to make you wise(C) for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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And (A)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (B)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

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Fathers,[a] do not exasperate your children;(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents

“And (A)these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

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These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(A)

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And (A)having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

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and, once made perfect,(A) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

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Incline your ear, and (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.

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Give ear and come to me;
    listen,(A) that you may live.(B)
I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with you,
    my faithful love(D) promised to David.(E)

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when I call to remembrance (A)the [a]genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (B)your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical

I am reminded of your sincere faith,(A) which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice(B) and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:6 Even

Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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11 (A)Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

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11 I have hidden your word in my heart(A)
    that I might not sin(B) against you.

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