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What the Fathers say

Proverbs 7:2

Western Saints

Bede

And my law as the apple of your eye. Keep what I teach as diligently as if nothing right could be seen without it.

Commentary on Proverbs ↗

Bonaventure

The third benefit of the observance of God's commandments is the attainment of heavenly rewards. Whence it is said in Proverbs: "Keep my commandments, and you shall live; and my law as the pupil of the eye." This is the reason why God gave the observance of commandments to man when he was in paradise.

Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 1 ↗