Proverbs 6:21
What does Proverbs 6:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 6:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 3:3
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
- Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
- Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
- Deuteronomy 6:8
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
- Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3
being made manifest that ye are an 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 tables that are hearts of flesh.
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