King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Complete Jewish Bible:
Do not let grace and truth leave you -bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Berean Standard Bible:
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
American Standard Version:
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Let not mercy{H2617} and truth{H571} forsake{H5800} thee: bind{H7194} them about thy neck{H1621}; write{H3789} them upon the table{H3871} of thine heart{H3820}:
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 7:3
- Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
2 Corinthians 3:3
- [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Hebrews 10:16
- This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Proverbs 6:21
- Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
Deuteronomy 11:18
- ¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy 11:21
- That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Malachi 2:6
- The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
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Commentary for Proverbs 3:3
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H2617
There are 241 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֵסֵד
Transliteration: chêçêd
Pronunciation: kheh'-sed
Description: from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing. - Strong's Number: H571
There are 395 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֶמֶת
Transliteration: ʼemeth
Pronunciation: eh'-meth
Description: contracted from אָמַן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity. - Strong's Number: H5800
There are 206 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָזַב
Transliteration: ʻâzab
Pronunciation: aw-zab'
Description: a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely. - Strong's Number: H7194
There are 44 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָשַׁר
Transliteration: qâshar
Pronunciation: kaw-shar'
Description: a primitive root; to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league); bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason). - Strong's Number: H1621
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גַּרְגְּרוֹת
Transliteration: gargᵉrôwth
Pronunciation: gar-gher-owth'
Description: feminine plural from גָּרַר; the throat (as used in rumination); neck. - Strong's Number: H3789
There are 212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כָּתַב
Transliteration: kâthab
Pronunciation: kaw-thab'
Description: a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten). - Strong's Number: H3871
There are 33 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לוּחַ
Transliteration: lûwach
Pronunciation: loo'-akh
Description: or לֻחַ; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal; board, plate, table. - Strong's Number: H3820
There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לֵב
Transliteration: lêb
Pronunciation: labe
Description: a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.