Guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

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Guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

In the original Hebrew

וְ֝תֹורָתִ֗י כְּאִישֹׁ֥ון עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

Proverbs 7:2

686 BC

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God's word The Bible

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686 BC Old Testament Era

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 7:2).

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