Proverbs 7:3
Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
In Context
2Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
4Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Proverbs 6:21Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.
Isaiah 59:21And I will make this my couenant with them, saith the Lord. My Spirit that is vpon thee, and my wordes, which I haue put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seede, nor out of the mouth of the seede of thy seede, saith the Lord, from hencefoorth euen for euer.
Jeremiah 31:33But this shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe 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 →