Proverbs 7:3
What does Proverbs 7:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, andwith the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
- Deuteronomy 6:8
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
- Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Proverbs 3:3
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
- Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
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