Proverbs 7:3

Proverbs 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
• New International Version (NIV)Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
• English Standard Version (ESV)bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Context of Proverbs 7:3

1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. 2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman, 5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Proverbs 7:3 word by word

קָשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Tie themקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• toעַל‛al · uponH5921
• your fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• write themכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• the tabletלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• of your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:3

• Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
• Proverbs 6:21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
• Deuteronomy 6:8Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
• Deuteronomy 11:18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
• Isaiah 30:8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
• Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
• Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Commentaries on Proverbs 7:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Bind them upon thy fingers - See on Proverbs 3:3; (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Old Testament uses the phrase "tie them to your fingers" as a reminder to remember important things, especially God's commands (Deuteronomy 6:8; 11:18). The New Living Translation's "write them deep within your heart" reflects the Hebrew saying write them on the tablet of your heart (see also Proverbs 3:3). Only obedience that comes from the heart will endure.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 7:3

• Chastity
• Commandments
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

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• Discern
• Goodman
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• Proverbs, the Book of
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings