Proverbs 6:22
When 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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In Context
21Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
23For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
Cross References
Psalms 3:6I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.
Psalms 43:3Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
Proverbs 3:23Then you shall walk confidently in your way, and your feet will 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 →