Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 2:1

"My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;" — Proverbs 2:1 (ASV)

Now in the divine order comes the promise (Proverbs 2:5). The conditions of its fulfillment are stated in (Proverbs 2:1–4) in four sets of parallel clauses, each with some shade of distinct meaning. Thus, not receiving only, but hiding or treasuring up—not the ear only, but the heart—not the mere cry, but the eager lifting up the voice.