Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. New Living Translation Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck. English Standard Version Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. Berean Standard Bible Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. King James Bible Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. New King James Version Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck. New American Standard Bible Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. NASB 1995 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. NASB 1977 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. Legacy Standard Bible Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. Amplified Bible Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts), And tie them around your neck. Christian Standard Bible Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck. Holman Christian Standard Bible Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck. American Standard Version Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck. Contemporary English Version always keep it in mind and never forget it. English Revised Version Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck. GOD'S WORD® Translation Fasten them on your heart forever. Hang them around your neck. Good News Translation Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart. International Standard Version by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck. Majority Standard Bible Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. NET Bible Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck. New Heart English Bible Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. Webster's Bible Translation Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. World English Bible Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBind them on your heart continually, "" Tie them on your neck. Young's Literal Translation Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck. Smith's Literal Translation Tie them always upon thy heart; bind them upon thy throat. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck. Catholic Public Domain Version Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat. New American Bible Keep them fastened over your heart always, tie them around your neck. New Revised Standard Version Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleImpress them firmly on your heart and tie them about your neck. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Fasten them in your heart permanently and coil them around your neck. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Bind them continually upon thy heart, Tie them about thy neck. Brenton Septuagint Translation but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Adultery20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. 22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.… Cross References Deuteronomy 6:6-9 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ... Deuteronomy 11:18-20 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. / Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 7:1-3 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. / Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. / Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Exodus 13:9 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. Exodus 13:16 So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.” Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 2 Corinthians 3:3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... John 14:21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” John 15:7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. James 1:21-25 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. / Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, ... Treasury of Scripture Bind them continually on your heart, and tie them about your neck. Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: Proverbs 4:6,21 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee… Proverbs 7:3,4 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart… Jump to Previous Always Bind Continually Fasten Folded Forever Hanging Heart Neck Round TieJump to Next Always Bind Continually Fasten Folded Forever Hanging Heart Neck Round TieProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness Bind them always upon your heart; The phrase "Bind them always upon your heart" emphasizes the importance of internalizing wisdom and commandments. In biblical context, the heart is often seen as the center of one's being, encompassing emotions, will, and intellect. This instruction suggests that wisdom should not merely be an external adherence but should be deeply ingrained within one's character and decision-making processes. The use of "bind" implies a permanent and secure attachment, indicating that these teachings should be an integral part of one's life. This concept is echoed in Deuteronomy 6:6, where the Israelites are instructed to keep God's commandments in their hearts, highlighting the continuity of this principle throughout Scripture. tie them around your neck. Persons / Places / Events 1. SolomonTraditionally considered the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He wrote Proverbs to impart wisdom and understanding. 2. Israel The nation to whom Solomon originally addressed his writings, emphasizing the importance of wisdom and obedience to God's commandments. 3. Father and Mother In the context of Proverbs 6, the parental figures represent the source of wisdom and instruction, urging their children to adhere to their teachings. Teaching Points Internalization of WisdomThe verse emphasizes the importance of internalizing God's wisdom. Just as one would bind something precious to their heart, believers are called to keep God's teachings close and central to their lives. Visible Commitment Tying wisdom around the neck suggests a visible commitment to God's commandments. It serves as a reminder to live out one's faith in daily actions. Continuous Remembrance The use of "always" indicates that adherence to God's wisdom is not a one-time event but a continuous, lifelong commitment. Heart and Action The heart represents the inner life, while the neck symbolizes outward actions. This dual imagery calls believers to align their inner convictions with their external behaviors.(21) Bind them continually upon thine heart.--See above on Proverbs 3:3.Verse 21. - This verse recalls also Proverbs 3:3, and reminds us of the use of the phylacteries, or tefellim, common among the Jews of our Lord's time, and the practice of binding which upon various parts of the person may have had its origin in this and such like passages. The "tying about" the neck may suggest the use of amulets, an Oriental custom, to ward off evil, but it is more likely that it refers to the wearing of ornaments. Them; i.e. the commandment and law of father and mother respectively, expressed in the Hebrew by the suffix -em, in the verb kosh'rem, equivalent to liga ea, and again in ondem, equivalent to vinci ea. (For the personal use of this figure, see Song of Solomon 8:6.) Tie them; Hebrew, ondem. The verb anad, "to tie," only occurs twice as a verb - here and in Job 31:36. Lee prefers "to bind;" Delitzsch, however, states that it is equivalent to the Latin circumplicare, "to wind about." The meaning of this and similar passages (cf. Proverbs 7:3; Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:13) is that the commandment, precept, law, or whatever is intended, should be always present to the mind. The heart suggests that they are to be linked to the affections, and the neck that they will be an ornament decking the moral character. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Bind themקָשְׁרֵ֣ם (qā·šə·rêm) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league always תָמִ֑יד (ṯā·mîḏ) Adverb Strong's 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your heart; לִבְּךָ֣ (lib·bə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre tie עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם (‘ā·nə·ḏêm) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 6029: To bind (around or upon) them around עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your neck. גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ (gar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1621: The throat Links Proverbs 6:21 NIVProverbs 6:21 NLT Proverbs 6:21 ESV Proverbs 6:21 NASB Proverbs 6:21 KJV Proverbs 6:21 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:21 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:21 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:21 French Bible Proverbs 6:21 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:21 Bind them continually on your heart (Prov. 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