Proverbs 6
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Proverbs 6:20-24

201My sonH1121, complyH5341 withH5341 the commandmentH4687 of your fatherH1, And do not ignoreH5203 the 2teachingH8451 of your motherH517;213BindH7194 them continuallyH8548 on your heartH3820; TieH6029 them aroundH5921 your neckH1621.22When you 4walkH1980, 5they will guideH5148 you; When you sleepH7901, 6they will watchH8104 overH5921 you; And when you awakeH7019, 7they will talkH7878 to you.23For 8the commandmentH4687 is a lampH5216 and the 9teachingH8451 is lightH216; And rebukesH8433 for disciplineH4148 are the wayH1870 of lifeH242524To 10keepH8104 you from the evilH7451 womanH802, From the smoothH2513 tongueH3956 of the foreignH5237 womanH5237.

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 6:20 Eph 6:1 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 6:20 Or law ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 6:21 Prov 3:3 ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 6:22 Prov 3:23 ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 6:23 Ps 19:8; 119:105 ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 6:23 Or law ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 6:24 Prov 5:3; 7:5, 21 ↩

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