Holy Scripture
Proverbs 6:21
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“Bind them in your heart forever, etc. And keep the precepts of the Lord fixed in your mind, and safeguard your speech with their sweetness on all sides, lest you fall into sin in your speech.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
21But bind them upon thy soul continually, And hang them as a chain about thy neck.
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19An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, And brings on quarrels between brethren.
20My son, keep the laws of thy father, And reject not the ordinances of thy mother:
— Proverbs 6:21 —
22Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; And when thou sleepest let it keep thee; That it may talk with thee when thou wakest.
23For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; A way of life; reproof also and correction: