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 false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. 20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 6:21 word by word

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

• 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 not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
• Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
• Proverbs 7:3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
• Exodus 13:16And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand Yhwh brought us forth out of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 6:8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
• 2 Corinthians 3:3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

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