Proverbs 6:22
When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
21Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
Cross References
Psalms 3:6I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
Psalms 43:3Send forth thy light and thy truth : they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.
Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, 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 →