Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers; write them upon the table of thine heart.
Revised Version 1895
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; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.
Isaiah 59:21And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD: my spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD; I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart 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 →