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, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend, 5So that they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 7:3 word by word

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

• Bindקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• them on your fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• Writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• them on the tabletלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• of your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:3

• Proverbs 3:3Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
• Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
• Deuteronomy 6:8You shall also tie them as a sign to your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.
• Deuteronomy 11:18“You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it on a tablet in their presence And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.
• Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts And on the horns of their altars,
• Jeremiah 31:33“For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put My law within them and write it on their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, 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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• 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