Verse 21
Proverbs 6:21
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Original Language Text
hebrew
קָשְׁרֵ֣/ם עַל לִבְּ/ךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗/ם עַל גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
Bind them upon your heart always; tie them upon your neck.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
1
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, hu...
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
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So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
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A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
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That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
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In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
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There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
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A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
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My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
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When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou a...
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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life...
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To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
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Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the...
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
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Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
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So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
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Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
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But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
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He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his...
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Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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