Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
KJV
Cum ambulaveris, gradiantur tecum ; cum dormieris, custodiant te : et evigilans loquere cum eis.
Vulgate
ἡνίκα ἂν περιπατῇς ἐπάγου αὐτὴν καὶ μετὰ σοῦ ἔστω· ὡς δ’ ἂν καθεύδῃς φυλασσέτω σε, ἵνα ἐγειρομένῳ συλλαλῇ σοι.
LXX
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
ASV
בְּ/הִתְהַלֶּכְ/ךָ֨ תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗/ךְ בְּֽ֭/שָׁכְבְּ/ךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑י/ךָ וַ֝/הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 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
- Deut 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
- Lev 26:6 — And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Phil 4:7 — And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
- Prov 2:11 — Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
- Prov 3:23 — Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
- Prov 3:24 — When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
- Prov 8:20 — I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
- Ps 17:4 — Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
- Ps 19:11 — Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
- Ps 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- Ps 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
- Ps 119:24 — Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- Ps 119:54 — Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
- Ps 119:92 — Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
- Ps 119:97 — O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
- Ps 119:148 — Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.