Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
King James Version
In Context
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Cross References
Psalms 3:6I will not be 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 hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Psalms 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine 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 prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall 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 →