Proverbs 6:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
Researchers needing lexical linkage
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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:3 : 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Prov 4:6 : 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Prov 7:3-4 : 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
2 Cor 3:3 : 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.
Exod 13:16 : 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Deut 6:8 : 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as 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 thy father's commandment, 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 table of thine heart.
Prov 6:22-25
4 verses
81%
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep 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 tongue of a strange woman.
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Prov 3:1-3
3 verses
81%
1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine 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 thine 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 an ornament 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 in thine heart:
7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine 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 thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on 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 bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Prov 3:21-22
2 verses
77%
21My son, let not them 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%
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Prov 22:18
74%
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Prov 23:26
74%
26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Prov 2:1-2
2 verses
73%
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Prov 22:6
73%
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and 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%
19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Prov 23:19
71%
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine 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 hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, 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 thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Prov 5:1
70%
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Exod 39:21
70%
21And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Deut 6:17
70%
17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD 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 the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
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 above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
Matt 6:21
69%
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.