Proverbs 3:3 Parallel Translations

Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

ASV:

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

BBE:

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

DBY:

Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

ERV:

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

JPS:

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;

WBS:

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

WEB:

Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

YLT:

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

Proverbs 3:3 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 6:8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

Deuteronomy 11:18 "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

2 Samuel 15:20 "You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander with us, while I go where I will? Return and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you."

Proverbs 1:9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck.

Proverbs 6:21 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 7:3 Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 14:22 Will they not go astray who devise evil? But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

Jeremiah 17:1 The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart And on the horns of their altars,

2 Corinthians 3:3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:3 Let not {b} mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy {c} neck; write them upon the table of thine {d} heart:
(b) By mercy and truth he means the commandments of the first and second table, or else the mercy and faithfulness that we ought to use toward our neighbours.
(c) Keep them as a precious jewel.
(d) Have them ever in remembrance.

WES:

3:3 Mercy - Mercy denotes all benignity, charity, and readiness to do good to others: truth or faithfulness respects all those duties which we owe to God or man, which we have special obligation from the rules of justice. Bind them - Like a chain, wherewith persons adorn their necks. Table - In thy mind and heart, in which all God's commands are to be received and engraven.

MHC:

3:1-6 In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; God's mercy in promising, and his truth in performing: live up to them, keep up thine interest in them, and take the comfort of them. We must trust in the Lord with all our hearts, believing he is able and wise to do what is best. Those who know themselves, find their own understandings a broken reed, which, if they lean upon, will fail. Do not design any thing but what is lawful, and beg God to direct thee in every case, though it may seem quite plain. In all our ways that prove pleasant, in which we gain our point, we must acknowledge God with thankfulness. In all our ways that prove uncomfortable, and that are hedged up with thorns, we must acknowledge him with submission. It is promised, He shall direct thy paths; so that thy way shall be safe and good, and happy at last.

CONC:

Bind Faith Faithfulness Forsake Hanging Heart Kindness Leave Loving-kindness Loyalty Mercy Neck Recorded Round Table Tablet Truth

Bind Faith Faithfulness Forsake Good Hanging Heart Kindness Leave Loving-Kindness Mercy Neck Recorded Round Table Tablet Truth Write

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