Proverbs 6:22

When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee.

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In The King James Version

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

In Context

21Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.

23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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Cross References

Psalms 3:6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people who have set themselves against me round about.

Psalms 43:3O send out thy light and thy truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Psalms 119:11I have laid thy word up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.

Psalms 119:54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalms 119:148My eyes anticipated the night-watches that I might meditate on thy word.

Proverbs 3:23Then thou shall walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

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 →

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