Proverbs 6:21
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
In Context
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Cross References
Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 7:3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your 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 →