Proverbs 7:3

Modern

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Traditional

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Literal

Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Latin

…liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.

Hebrew

English

Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

The Old Testament uses the phrase "tie them to your fingers" as a reminder to remember important things, especially God's commands (Deuteronomy 6:8; 11:18).
The New Living Translation's "write them deep within your heart" reflects the Hebrew saying write them on the tablet of your heart (see also Proverbs 3:3). Only obedience that comes from the heart will endure.

This is the final section in Proverbs 1–9 that warns about the dangers of promiscuous women (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 6:20–35).

Theme notes and profiles

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.
Proverbs 3:3
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:8–9
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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.
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.
Isaiah 30:8
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Jeremiah 17:1
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.