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Pr 6:22 King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
it--(compare Pro 6:23); denotes the instruction of parents (Pro 6:20), to which all the qualities of a safe guide and guard and ready teacher are ascribed. It prevents the ingress of evil by supplying good thoughts, even in dreams (Pro 3:21-23; Psa 19:9; Pe2 1:19).
 
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19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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.