Proverbs 6:22
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou art awake, it shall converse with thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
21Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Cross References
Psalms 3:6(3:7) I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have placed themselves round about against me.
Psalms 43:3Send thou thy light and thy truth, these shall guide me; they shall bring me unto thy holy mountain, and to thy dwellings:
Psalms 119:11In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee.
Psalms 119:54Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalms 119:148My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying.
Proverbs 3:23Then wilt thou walk in safety on thy way, and thy foot will not strike [against aught]:
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 →