Proverbs 6:21
Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
In context
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 23 For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life, 24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:21 in the KJV
Bind them continually upon thine heart, And tie them about thy neck.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 6:21 in the ESV
Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.