New Revised Standard Version
My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you,

Contemporary English Version
My child, you must follow and treasure my teachings and my instructions.

New American Bible
My son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands,

Douay-Rheims Bible
That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.

That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.

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Proverbs 3:1 For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

Proverbs 4:20-22 Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart: . . .

Proverbs 6:21 When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee, and when thou awakest, talk with them.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: . . .

Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

Psalm 119:9-11 By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words. . . .

Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Luke 2:19,51 But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. . . .

Luke 9:44 And all were astonished at the mighty power of God. But while all wondered at all the things he did, he said to his disciples: Lay you up in your hearts these words, for it shall come to pass that the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.