Proverbs 6:21
but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
In Context
20My son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:
22Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake.
Cross References
Exodus 13:9And it shall be to you a sign upon your hand and a memorial before your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8And you shall fasten them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be immoveable before your eyes.
Proverbs 4:6And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you.
Proverbs 7:3And bind them on your fingers, and write them on the table of your 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 →