Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, they will guide you; 1 when you sleep, they will watch over you; 1 and when you wake up, they will teach 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

21Always bind them on your heart; 1 tie them about your neck. 1

23For the commands are a lamp, and the teaching is a light; 1 the corrections that come by instruction are the way of life. 1

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Cross References

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

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

Psalms 119:11I have stored up your word in my heart 1 so that I might not sin against you. 1

Psalms 119:54Your statutes have been my songs 1 in the house where I temporarily live. 1

Psalms 119:148My eyes are open before the night watches change 1 so that I might meditate on your word. 1

Proverbs 3:23Then you will walk on your way in safety 1 and your foot will 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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