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Selected Verse: Proverbs 6:21 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 6:21 |
King James |
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The thought of Pro 3:3 is carried step further. No outward charm, but the law of obedience, shall give safety to the traveler, when he sleeps or when he wakes. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bind them - Constantly remember, and duly consider them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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). |
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: