Proverbs 6 · Verse 21

Proverbs 6:21

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:21, King James Version

Proverbs 6:21 in other translations

BSBBind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
WEBBind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
ASVBind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
YLTBind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
DARBYbind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
BBEKeep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
WebsterBind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck.

What does Proverbs 6:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:20-23

20-23. (Compare Pr 1:8; 3:3, &c.).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart - See on Pro 3:3 (note). And see a similar command, to which this is an allusion, Deu 6:6-8 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35

The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us…

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Proverbs 6:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קָשְׁרֵ֣םka.she.Rembind themH7194
עַל\־'al-onH5921
לִבְּךָ֣li.be.Khaheart yourH3820
תָמִ֑ידta.MidcontinuallyH8548
עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם'a.ne.Demtie themH6029
עַל\־'al-onH5921
גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ\׃gar.ge.ro.Te.khanecks yourH1621

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:21

  • Proverbs 3:3

    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

  • Proverbs 7:3-4

    Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

  • 2 Corinthians 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 heart.

  • Deuteronomy 6:8

    And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

  • Exodus 13:16

    And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

  • Proverbs 4:6

    Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

  • Proverbs 4:21

    Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:3; 4:6,21; 7:3,4; Ex 13:16; De 6:8; 2Co 3:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 6:20

    My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Proverbs 6:21

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

  • 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.

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Proverbs 6:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Atalos siempre en tu corazón, enlázalos á tu cuello.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		tiens-les continuellement liés sur ton cœur, attache-les à ton cou.
German
Elberfelder 1871		binde sie stets auf dein Herz, knüpfe sie um deinen Hals.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Liga ea in corde tuo jugiter, et circumda gutturi tuo.