Proverbs 6:21
Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
In Context
20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
Cross References
Exodus 13:9And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;
Proverbs 4:6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Proverbs 7:3Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your 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 →