Proverbs 6:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Prov 4:6 : 6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Prov 7:3-4 : 3 Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
2 Cor 3:3 : 3 being made manifest that ye are an 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 tables [that are] hearts of flesh.
Exod 13:16 : 16 And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.
Deut 6:8 : 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 6:20
84%
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Prov 7:1-3
3 verses
82%
1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Prov 6:22-25
4 verses
81%
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Prov 3:1-3
3 verses
81%
1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
2For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee.
3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Prov 4:20-23
4 verses
81%
20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Prov 1:8-9
2 verses
81%
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Deut 6:6-9
4 verses
80%
6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
9And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
Deut 11:18-20
3 verses
79%
18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
19And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;
Prov 3:21-22
2 verses
77%
21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22So shall they be life unto thy soul, And grace to thy neck.
Prov 4:4-6
3 verses
75%
4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;
6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.
Prov 22:18
74%
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Prov 23:26
74%
26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
Prov 2:1-2
2 verses
73%
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
Prov 22:6
73%
6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Prov 4:13
73%
13Take fast hold of instruction; Let her not go: Keep her; For she is thy life.
Prov 5:19-20
2 verses
72%
19[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Prov 23:19
71%
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
Prov 23:22
70%
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Deut 32:46
70%
46And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
Eph 6:3
70%
3that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Prov 23:12
70%
12Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Prov 5:1
70%
1My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
Exod 39:21
70%
21And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Deut 6:17
70%
17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Prov 4:2
69%
2For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.
Prov 1:15
69%
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
Num 15:39
69%
39and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;
Exod 28:28
69%
28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
Matt 6:21
69%
21for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.