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

Other Translations of Proverbs 7:2

King James Version

2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

English Standard Version

2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;

The Message

2 Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight - guard it!

New King James Version

2 Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye.

New Living Translation

2 Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 7:2

Commentary on Proverbs 7:1-5

(Read Proverbs 7:1-5)

We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the word of God dwell in us, and so be written where it will be always at hand to be read. Thus we shall be kept from the fatal effects of our own passions, and the snares of Satan. Let God's word confirm our dread of sin, and resolutions against it.