Proverbs 6:21
Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
In Context
20Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:
Cross References
Exodus 13:9And it shall be unto thee for a sign upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thy eyes, in order that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.
Proverbs 7:3Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy 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 →