Proverbs 7:3
Bind them around thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
In Context
2Observe my commandments, and live: and my teaching as the apple of thy eyes.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thy eyes.
Proverbs 3:3Let kindness and truth not forsake thee; bind them about thy throat; write them upon the table of thy heart:
Proverbs 6:21Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.
Isaiah 59:21And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord, My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy children, nor out of the mouth of thy children's children, saith the Lord, from henceforth and unto all eternity.
Jeremiah 31:33(31:32) But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I place my law in their inward parts, and upon their heart will I write it; and I will be unto them for a God, and they shall be unto me for a people.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →