Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers, Write them upon the tablet of thy heart!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
In Context
2Keep my commandments and live! Yea, my teaching, as the apple of thine eye!
4Say unto wisdom, “Thou art my sister!” And call understanding thy near acquaintance;
Cross References
Proverbs 3:3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; Bind them around thy neck, Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually to thy heart, Tie them around thy neck!
Isaiah 59:21And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit, which is upon thee, And my words, which I have put in thy mouth, They shall not depart from thy mouth, Nor from the mouth of thy sons, Nor from the mouth of thy sons' sons, saith Jehovah, From this time forth forever.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith Jehovah, I will put my law into their inward parts, And upon their hearts will I write it; And I will be their God, And they shall be my 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 →