John Gill Commentary Proverbs 7:2

"Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye." — Proverbs 7:2 (ASV)

Keep my commandments and live Not the commandments of the law only, but the commandments of Christ; and even the doctrines of Christ are so called, as faith in him, and love to the saints, (1 John 3:23) (John 14:21John 14:23) ; which is the way to live comfortably, peaceably, pleasantly, and honourably;

and my law as the apple of your eye ; the doctrine of Christ, the law of the Lord, that goes out of Zion; which should be as dear to men as the apple of their eye, and as carefully preserved, that the least injury is not done to it; it should be kept inviolate.