Job 22:22
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Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

receive

Deuteronomy 4:1,2 And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you. . . .

Proverbs 2:1-9 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence. . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:1,2 For the rest therefore, brethren, pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus that, as you have received from us, how you ought to walk and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more. . . .

lay up

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.

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

Psalm 119:11 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

Proverbs 4:4,21 Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth. . . .

Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.

Matthew 12:35 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Matthew 13:52 He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

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

Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
21Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits. 22Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.23If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.…
Cross References
Job 6:10
And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy one.

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.

Proverbs 2:6
He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity,

Ezekiel 3:10
And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:

Lexicon
Receive
קַח־ (qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

instruction
תּוֹרָ֑ה (tō·w·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law

from His mouth,
מִפִּ֣יו (mip·pîw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and lay up
וְשִׂ֥ים (wə·śîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

His words
אֲ֝מָרָ֗יו (’ă·mā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 561: Something said

in your heart.
בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ (bil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart


Additional Translations
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.
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