Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
KJV
Liga ea in corde tuo jugiter, et circumda gutturi tuo.
Vulgate
ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σῇ ψυχῇ διὰ παντός, καὶ ἐνκλοίωσαι ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.
LXX
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
ASV
קָשְׁרֵ֣/ם עַל לִבְּ/ךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗/ם עַל גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 591×
ךָ
k
pronoun · 4×
ם
m
verb · 42×
נּוּ
nv
pronoun · 2×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2216Filial respect is shown by true docility and obedience. "My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.... When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you."20 "A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke."21
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- 2Cor 3:3 — Forasmuch 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 h
- Deut 6:8 — And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
- Matt 23:5 — But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
- Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- Prov 7:3 — Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
- Prov 7:3 — Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.