Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, it will lead you. 2 When you sleep, it will watch over you. 2 When you awake, it will talk with you. 1

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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

21Bind them continually on your heart. 2 Tie them around your neck. 1

23For the mitzvah ·instruction· is a lamp candle, 2 and the Torah ·Teaching· is light. 2 Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, 1

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Cross References

Psalms 3:6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people 2 who have set themselves against me on every side. 1

Psalms 43:3Oh, send out your light and your truth. 2 Let them lead me. 2 Let them bring me to your holy hill, 2 To your tents. 1

Psalms 119:11בּ ( Bekhal-kibiy, With whole-my heart) I have hidden your word in my heart, 2 that I might not sin ·err (from the standard goal)· against you. 1

Psalms 119:54ז ( Zimerovt, My songs) Your statutes have been my songs, 2 in the house where I live. 1

Psalms 119:148ק ( Kid’mu, Anticipate) My eyes stay open through the night watches, 2 that I might meditate on your word. 1

Proverbs 3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely. 2 Your foot won’t 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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