Proverbs 6:20–21
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6:20My child, guard the commands of your father
and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
6:21Bind them41 on your heart continually;
fasten them around your neck.
Footnotes
- 41 The figures used here are hypocatastases (implied comparisons). There may also be an allusion to Deut 6 where the people were told to bind the law on their foreheads and arms. The point here is that the disciple will never be without these instructions. See further, P. W. Skehan, Studies in Israelite Poetry and Wisdom (), 1–8.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.
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NLTNew Living Translation
My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
My child, keep the commandment of your father,
and do not disregard the instruction of your mother.
Bind them on your heart continually;
tie them upon your neck.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
My son, keep thy father’s commandment,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bind them continually upon thine heart,
And tie them about thy neck.
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