Proverbs 7:3
And bind them on thy fingers, and write them on the table of thine heart.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
In Context
2keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
4Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
Proverbs 6:21but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.
Isaiah 59:21And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever.
Jeremiah 31:33Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and though there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →