Devine Scripture

Proverbs 6:21

Proverbs chapter 6 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

Context

v.20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

v.21This passage

v.22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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.