Proverbs 6:22

22 {When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

Proverbs 6:22 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:22

When thou goest, it shall lead thee
The law of God taught by parents; this directs man in the path of duty and business of life; teaches him what way to shun, and which to walk in; it leads out of the paths of sin, and into the way in which he should go, which is most conducive to his good, and to the glory of God; it will lead him safely, so that he shall not stumble, ( Proverbs 3:3 ) ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;
from terrifying dreams, evil spirits, dangers by fire or thieves; one that observes it conscientiously may lie down and sleep, secure of the guardianship of divine Providence, and not fear any evil; or "shall watch over thee"

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 in the night season; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee;
familiarly; and instruct what to do, and how to behave the day following; or "it shall go out with thee" ^F9, into the fields for a morning's walk, and assist in meditation. Jarchi interprets this of sleeping by death, and of awaking at the resurrection of the dead.
F8 (Kyle rmvt) "excubabit apud te", Cocceius; "excubias aget super te", Michaelis, Schultens.
F9 (Kxwvt ayh) "illa ipsa spatiabitur tecum", Schultens.

Proverbs 6:22 In-Context

20 My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother.

21 Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck.

22 {When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

23 For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,

24 [in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "In your walking"
• [b] That is, "commandment" and "instruction"
• [c] Literally "In your lying down"