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 Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

In Context

21Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

23Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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Cross References

Psalms 3:6I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

Psalms 43:3Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

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 →

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