Proverbs 6:22
Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; and when thou sleepest let it keep thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.
23For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:
Cross References
Psalms 3:6I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.
Psalms 43:3Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.
Proverbs 3:23that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may 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 →