Proverbs 6:22
when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Cross References
Psalms 3:6I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.
Psalms 43:3Send out thy light and thy truth: *they* shall lead me, *they* shall bring me to thy holy mount, and unto thy habitations.
Psalms 119:11Thy word have I hid 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 119:148Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.
Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou 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 →