Proverbs 7:2
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Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
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The scope of this chapter is, as of several before, to warn young men against the lusts of the flesh. Solomon remembered of what ill consequence it was to his father, perhaps found himself, and perceived his son, addicted to it, or at least had observed how many hopeful young men among his subjects had been ruined by those lusts; and therefore he thought he could never say enough to dissuade men from them, that "every one may possess his vessel in sanctification and honour, and not in the lusts of uncleanness." In this chapter we have, I. A general exhortation to get our minds principled and governed by the world of God, as a sovereign antidote against this sin (Pro 7:1-5). II. A particular representation of the great danger which unwary young men are in of being inveigled into this snare (v. 6-23). III. A serious caution inferred thence, in the close, to take heed of all approaches towards this sin (Pro 7:24-27). We should all pray, "Lord, lead us not into this temptation."
Open source ↗7:2 as you guard your own eyes: That is, with great care.
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Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.