Proverbs 3:1 → Deuteronomy 6:6

Proverbs 3:1 echoes Moses's command in Deuteronomy 6:6 by urging "let your heart keep my commandments" (לִבְּךָ יִצֹּר מִצְוֺתָי, libbeka yitsor mitsvotai), recalling the Shema instruction that God's words "are to be upon your hearts" (עַל־לְבָבֶךָ, al-levavekha). The sage transposes Moses's covenantal directive into the wisdom tradition, where the father-son instruction setting mirrors the national pedagogy of Deuteronomy. Both texts insist that faithful obedience begins not with external ritual but with internal appropriation -- Torah must reside in the heart before it can shape conduct. The parallel opening command "do not forget" (אַל־תִּשְׁכָּח, al-tishkach) further cements the verbal link, since Deuteronomy repeatedly warns Israel against forgetting God's words (Deut 6:12; 8:11).