Proverbs 3:1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Cross-reference
Proverbs 4:5 urges not to forget wisdom's words — directly parallel to keeping commands in the heart.
Proverbs 1:8 gives the same fatherly charge to heed instruction — reinforcing the call to remember teaching.
Proverbs 28:7 equates keeping the law with understanding, while shame comes to the one who abandons it — strong parallel to keeping commandments.
Proverbs 19:16 links keeping the commandment to preserving life, expanding the consequence of obedience from the fatherly instruction.
In Proverbs 7:1, the command repeats: 'Keep my words and treasure my commandments.' Direct parallel in wisdom tradition.
In Proverbs 4:4, the same fatherly charge appears: 'Keep my commandments, and live.' It reinforces the call to hold fast to teaching.
Proverbs 2:1 urges receiving and treasuring commandments, the same call to internalize the father's teaching.
Proverbs 31:5 warns kings not to drink lest they forget the law — a specific example of the danger of forgetting teaching.
Psalm 119:34 prays for understanding to keep God's law wholeheartedly — aligning with the command to keep with the heart.
John 14:21-24 links keeping Christ's commandments with love for Him, paralleling the heart's devotion in Proverbs.
Hosea 4:6 warns that forgetting God's law brings destruction — directly reinforcing the consequence of neglecting the teaching.
Jeremiah 31:33 promises God will write His law on hearts, directly connecting to the command to keep commandments in the heart.
Psalm 119:176 confesses straying yet claims not to forget God's commands — echoing the call to keep them despite failure.
Psalm 119:93 says 'I will never forget your precepts' — a direct parallel to the call to keep commands in heart.
Psalm 119:48 adds loving and meditating on God's commandments, echoing the call to keep them in the heart.
Deuteronomy 4:9 commands not to forget what God has done — paralleling the instruction to keep teachings in the heart.
Psalm 119:11 describes storing God's word in the heart to avoid sin — a direct parallel to keeping commandments in the heart.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 expands on keeping God's words in the heart and teaching them — the same core injunction.
Deuteronomy 8:1 ties obedience to living and possessing the land — a parallel promise of life for keeping commandments.
Deuteronomy 30:16-20 presents the choice between life and death based on obeying commands — echoing the call to keep them.
Psalm 119:16 expresses delight in God's statutes and resolve not to forget — mirroring the call to remember and keep.
Deuteronomy 32:46 urges taking all words to heart and teaching them, directly echoing the call to keep commandments in the heart.
In Luke 8:15, the good soil hearers hold the word fast in an honest heart — a NT parallel to keeping commandments in the heart.
Deuteronomy 6:2 commands fearing God and keeping statutes all one's life, expanding the call to lifelong obedience.
Deuteronomy 11:18 says to lay God's words in your heart and bind them as signs, directly mirroring internalization of commandments.
Joshua 1:8 commands meditation on the Law day and night, echoing the call to keep God's commandments without forgetting.
In 1 Kings 2:3, David charges Solomon to keep God's statutes, mirroring the father's instruction to keep commandments.
1 Chronicles 28:8 exhorts Israel to seek and keep all God's commandments, reinforcing the call to obedience.
Psalm 40:8 expresses delight in God's will and law within the heart, paralleling the internal keeping of commandments.
Psalm 119:141 declares not forgetting God's precepts despite being despised, directly paralleling 'do not forget my teaching'.
Psalm 103:18 describes those who keep God's covenant and remember his commandments, echoing the call to not forget.
Deuteronomy 4:23 cautions against forgetting the covenant — similar command to remember God's words.
Numbers 15:39 provides a physical reminder (tassels) to remember and do all commandments, reinforcing not forgetting.