Bede
Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“And my law as the apple of your eye. Keep what I teach as diligently as if nothing right could be seen without it.”
The interpretation timeline
Prov 7:2
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Patristic · 1 Medieval
Prov 7:2 · Douay-Rheims
“Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
735
A.D.
539 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1274
A.D.
Bonaventure
Medieval
c. A.D. 1221–1274
“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.”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.