Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers, 1 write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
In Context
2Be shomer over my mitzvot, and live, 1 and over my torah as the apple of thine eye. 1
4Say unto chochmah, Thou art my achot; 1 and call binah (understanding) thy kinsman; 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for an ot upon thine hand, and they shall be as totafos (ornaments) + 6:8 Ex 13:16 , Shabbos 57a between thine eyes.
Proverbs 3:3Let not chesed and emes forsake thee; 1 bind them about thy neck; 1 write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev; 1
Proverbs 6:21Bind them tamid (continually) upon thine lev, 1 and tie them about thy neck. 1
Isaiah 59:21As for Me, this is My Brit + 59:21 see Isa 42:6; 49:8; 54:10; 55:3 (Covenant) with them, + 59:21 i.e., with Moshiachʼs zera, see Isa 53:10 saith Hashem; My Ruach + 59:21 Hakodesh that is upon thee, + 59:21 Moshiach, see Isa 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; 61:1 and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy zera, + 59:21 Isa 53:10 nor out of the mouth of the zera of thy zera, + 59:21 i.e. Moshiachʼs zera generationally saith Hashem, from henceforth and ad olam (forever).
Jeremiah 31:33And they shall teach no more every ish his re'a (neighbor), and every ish his brother, saying, Know Hashem; for they shall all have da'as of Me, from the katon of them unto the gadol of them, saith Hashem; for I will forgive their avon, and I will remember their chattat no more. 1
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 →