Proverbs 7:3

3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
ESV
3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
NLT
3 Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
MSG
3 Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart.
CSB
3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 7:3

Bind them upon thy fingers
Let the above words and doctrines be as ready and familiar as if they were at the fingers' ends; or let them be always fresh in memory, as a piece of thread is tied about the fingers, to put in mind of anything to be done; or let them be as rings upon the fingers, both memorial and ornamental: or put into practice the things taught and commanded; the fingers being the instruments of action, and especially of doing things nicely and accurately; write them upon the table of thine heart;
that they may be strong in the memory, deep in the affection, and abiding in the understanding and will; see ( Proverbs 3:3 ) .

Proverbs 7:3 In-Context

1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 6:8; S Proverbs 3:3
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