The Meaning of Proverbs 7:1 Explained

Proverbs 7:1

KJV: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

YLT: My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

Darby: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

ASV: My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My son,  keep  my words,  and lay up  my commandments  with thee. 

What does Proverbs 7:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:1 mean?

My son keep my words and my commands treasure within you
בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ

בְּ֭נִי  My  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שְׁמֹ֣ר  keep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
אֲמָרָ֑י  my  words 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י  and  my  commands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִצְוָה  
Sense: commandment.
תִּצְפֹּ֥ן  treasure 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: צָפַן 
Sense: to hide, treasure, treasure or store up.
אִתָּֽךְ  within  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.