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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.

Context of Proverbs 6:21

19a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. 20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. 22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 23For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

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 3:3Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
• Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
• Proverbs 7:3Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
• Exodus 13:16And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”
• Deuteronomy 6:8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3You show 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 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

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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