Proverbs 6:21

Modern

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Traditional

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

Literal

Bind them upon your heart continually; tie them around your neck.

Latin

Liga ea in corde tuo jugiter, et circumda gutturi tuo.

Hebrew

English

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

This passage highlights the serious danger of having a relationship with another man's wife (see also Proverbs 1:8, 23; 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 7:1–27).

Theme notes and profiles

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 7:3–4
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
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.
Deuteronomy 6:8
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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.”
Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 4:21
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.