Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Cross References
Psalms 3:6I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Psalms 119:54Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalms 119:148My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
Proverbs 3:23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will 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 →