Proverbs 6:22

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.

23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

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Cross References

Psalms 3:6(3-7) I am not afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Psalms 43:3O send out Thy light and Thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy mountain, and to Thy dwelling-places.

Psalms 119:11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee.

Psalms 119:54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalms 119:148Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.

Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.

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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