Proverbs 6:22

Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; 1 And when thou sleepest let it keep thee; 1 That it may talk with thee when thou wakest. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

In Context

21But bind them upon thy soul continually, 1 And hang them as a chain about thy neck. 1

23For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; 1 A way of life; reproof also and correction: 1

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Cross References

Psalms 3:6I lay down and slept; 1 I awoke; for the Lord will help me. 1

Psalms 43:3Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: 1 Thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out. 1

Proverbs 3:23That thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, 1 And that thy foot may not stumble. 1

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 →

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