Proverbs 6:21

Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.

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In The King James Version

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

In Context

20My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.

22When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:9And it will be like a sign in your hand and like a memorial before your eyes. And so may the law of the Lord be always in your mouth. For with a strong hand, the Lord led you away from the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 6:8And you shall bind them like a sign on your hand, and they shall be placed and shall move between your eyes.

Proverbs 4:6Do not send her away, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will preserve you.

Proverbs 7:3Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of 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 →

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