Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
In Context
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
Cross References
Exodus 13:9And it shall be for a sign to thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of LORD may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand has LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shall bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.
Proverbs 7:3Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →