Proverbs 6:21
Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
In Context
20My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Cross References
Exodus 13:9And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes: and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Proverbs 7:3Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy 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 →