Proverbs 6:21

Proverbs 6:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
• New International Version (NIV)Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.

Context of Proverbs 6:21

19A person who tells lies in court. A person who causes trouble in a family. 20My child, obey your father's commands. Do not forget what your mother has taught you. Keep their teaching in your thoughts. Keep it as near to you as a necklace that you wear. 22Wherever you go in life, their words will be your guide. They will keep you safe while you sleep. When you wake up, they will teach you. 23Their commands and their teaching are like a lamp that gives you light. When they warn you that you are doing wrong things, that helps you to live well.

Proverbs 6:21 word by word

קָשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Bindקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• them continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• upon thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• tieעָנַד‛ânad · to bindH6029
• them about thy neckגַּרְגְּרוֹתgargerôth · neckH1621

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:21

• Proverbs 3:3Keep hold of faithful love. That will be like a beautiful necklace that you always wear. Think about what it means to love other people.
• Proverbs 4:6If you keep hold of wisdom, she will keep you safe. She will protect you if you love her.
• Proverbs 7:3Keep it always in front of you. Think about my message all the time, as if you have written it on your heart.
• Exodus 13:16It will be like a mark on your hand or something that you fix between your eyes. It will be a sign that causes you to remember what happened. You will remember that the Lord used his great power to bring us out of Egypt.’
• Deuteronomy 6:8Tie them as signs on your arms and on your heads, so that you remember them.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3It is clear that you are a like a letter that Christ himself has written. We are the people who brought God's message to you. Now people see what God has done in your lives. That is like a letter that they read. But it is not a letter written on paper with ink. It is the Spirit of the living God who wrote it. He did not write it on pieces of stone. Instead, he wrote it deep inside you.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Bind them continually upon thine heart - See on Proverbs 3:3; (note). And see a similar command, to which this is an allusion, Deuteronomy 6:6-8; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21The thought of Proverbs 3:3 is carried step further. No outward charm, but the law of obedience, shall give safety to the traveler, when he sleeps or when he wakes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-35This passage highlights the serious danger of having a relationship with another man's wife (see also Proverbs 1:8, 23; 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 7:1–27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2320-23. (Compare Pr 1:8; 3:3, &c.).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:21

• Children
• Commandments
• Word of God
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings