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 Living Translation (NLT)Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.

Context of Proverbs 7:3

1My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you. 2Keep my commands and live, And my law 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 nearest kin, 5That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 7:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Bindקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• them upon thy fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• writeכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• them upon the tableלוּחַlûach lûach · tabletH3871
• of thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:3

• Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
• Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.
• Deuteronomy 6:8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
• Deuteronomy 11:18“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
• Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; With the point of a diamond it is engraved On the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,
• Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

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

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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