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Proverbs 6

Prov. 6:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Bind
qashar (Hebrew #7194)
a primitive root: to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
KJV usage: bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).
Pronounce: kaw-shar'
them continually
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
upon thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and tie
`anad (Hebrew #6029)
to lace fast
KJV usage: bind, tie.
Pronounce: aw-nad'
Origin: a primitive root
them about thy neck
gargrowth (Hebrew #1621)
the throat (as used in rumination)
KJV usage: neck.
Pronounce: gar-gher-owth'
Origin: feminine plural from 1641
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Cross References

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Prov. 3:3• 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: (Prov. 3:3)
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Prov. 4:6,21• 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (Prov. 4:6,21)
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Prov. 7:3‑4• 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: (Prov. 7:3‑4)
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Ex. 13:16• 16And 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. (Ex. 13:16)
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Deut. 6:8• 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (Deut. 6:8)
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2 Cor. 3:3• 3Forasmuch 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. (2 Cor. 3:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck: