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Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon thine heart, <i>and</i> tie them about thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts), And tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />always keep it in mind and never forget it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Fasten them on your heart forever. Hang them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Bind them on your heart continually, "" Tie them on your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Tie them always upon thy heart; bind them upon thy throat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Keep them fastened over your heart always, tie them around your neck. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Impress them firmly on your heart and tie them about your neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Fasten them in your heart permanently and coil them around your neck.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Bind them continually upon thy heart, Tie them about thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1036" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Warnings Against Adultery</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20</span>My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7194.htm" title="7194: qā·šə·rêm (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3mp) -- To bind, league together, conspire. A primitive root: to tie, physically or mentally.">Bind them</a> <a href="/hebrew/8548.htm" title="8548: ṯā·mîḏ (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance; but used only constant; ellipt. The regular sacrifice.">always</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">your heart;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6029.htm" title="6029: ‘ā·nə·ḏêm (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3mp) -- To bind (around or upon). A primitive root; to lace fast.">tie them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/1621.htm" title="1621: gar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Neck. Feminine plural from garar; the throat.">your neck.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18-20</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a></span><br />Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-1.htm">Proverbs 7:1-3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Exodus 13:16</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a></span><br />I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-3.htm">2 Corinthians 3:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a></span><br />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.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-7.htm">John 15:7</a></span><br />If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21-25</a></span><br />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, ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Bind them continually on your heart, and tie them about your neck.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a></b></br> Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-6.htm">Proverbs 4:6,21</a></b></br> Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm">Proverbs 7:3,4</a></b></br> Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Always</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Fasten</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Folded</a> <a href="/psalms/148-6.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-22.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Round</a> <a href="/job/41-1.htm">Tie</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm">Always</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-14.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-21.htm">Fasten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-4.htm">Folded</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-7.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-1.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-24.htm">Round</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-21.htm">Tie</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">against indebtedness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">idleness </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">and mischievousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">seven things detestable to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm">the blessings of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">the mischief of unfaithfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Bind them always upon your heart;</b><br>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 <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6</a>, where the Israelites are instructed to keep God's commandments in their hearts, highlighting the continuity of this principle throughout Scripture.<p><b>tie them around your neck.</b><br>"Tie them around your neck" suggests a visible and constant reminder of wisdom and commandments. In ancient Near Eastern culture, wearing items around the neck was a common practice for signifying importance or status, much like a necklace or amulet. This imagery conveys the idea that wisdom should be as evident and accessible as something worn around the neck, serving as a guide in daily interactions and decisions. The neck, being a vital and visible part of the body, symbolizes the outward expression of inward beliefs. This is reminiscent of <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a>, where mercy and truth are to be bound around the neck, reinforcing the theme of living out one's faith visibly and consistently.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>Traditionally 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.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom Solomon originally addressed his writings, emphasizing the importance of wisdom and obedience to God's commandments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/father_and_mother.htm">Father and Mother</a></b><br>In the context of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Proverbs 6</a>, the parental figures represent the source of wisdom and instruction, urging their children to adhere to their teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/internalization_of_wisdom.htm">Internalization of Wisdom</a></b><br>The 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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/visible_commitment.htm">Visible Commitment</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuous_remembrance.htm">Continuous Remembrance</a></b><br>The use of "always" indicates that adherence to God's wisdom is not a one-time event but a continuous, lifelong commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_and_action.htm">Heart and Action</a></b><br>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.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_generosity_affect_relationships.htm">How can you inscribe mercy and truth in your heart?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_proverbs_6_20-35_focus_on_adultery.htm">Why does Proverbs 6:20-35 focus so intensely on adultery and lust but offer little instruction on other pressing moral or societal issues?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_direct_cruel_rulers'_hearts.htm">Proverbs 21:1: How can a king's heart be completely directed by God if history is full of cruel rulers who appear to have acted against any divine morality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_god's_favor_mean.htm">What does God's favor mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">Bind them continually upon thine heart.--</span>See above on <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm" title="Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart:">Proverbs 3:3</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - This verse recalls also <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3</a>, and reminds us of the use of the phylacteries, or <span class="accented">tefellim</span>, 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. <span class="cmt_word">Them</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the <span class="accented">commandment</span> and <span class="accented">law</span> of father and mother respectively, expressed in the Hebrew by the suffix -<span class="accented">em</span>, in the verb <span class="accented">kosh'rem</span>, equivalent to <span class="accented">liga ea</span>, and again in <span class="accented">ondem</span>, equivalent to <span class="accented">vinci ea.</span> (For the personal use of this figure, see <a href="/songs/8-6.htm">Song of Solomon 8:6</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">Tie them;</span> Hebrew, <span class="accented">ondem.</span> The verb <span class="accented">anad</span>, "to tie," only occurs twice as a verb - here and in <a href="/job/31-36.htm">Job 31:36</a>. Lee prefers "to bind;" Delitzsch, however, states that it is equivalent to the Latin <span class="accented">circumplicare</span>, "to wind about." The meaning of this and similar passages (cf. <a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm">Proverbs 7:3</a>; <a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Exodus 13:9</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13</a>) is that the commandment, precept, law, or whatever is intended, should be always present to the mind. The <span class="cmt_word">heart</span> suggests that they are to be linked to the affections, and the <span class="cmt_word">neck</span> that they will be an ornament decking the moral character. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/6-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Bind them</span><br /><span class="heb">קָשְׁרֵ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(qā·šə·rêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7194.htm">Strong's 7194: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league</span><br /><br /><span class="word">always</span><br /><span class="heb">תָמִ֑יד</span> <span class="translit">(ṯā·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8548.htm">Strong's 8548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your heart;</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְּךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tie</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nə·ḏêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6029.htm">Strong's 6029: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind (around or upon)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them around</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your neck.</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(gar·gə·rō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1621.htm">Strong's 1621: </a> </span><span class="str2">The throat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/6-21.htm">Proverbs 6:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:21 Bind them continually on your heart (Prov. 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