Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Mercy and truth shall not forsake thee: bind them upon thy throat; write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Holman Bible
Tie them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
International Standard Version
Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,
A Conservative Version
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart,
American Standard Version
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Amplified
Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you];
Bind them [securely] around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Bible in Basic English
Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;
Darby Translation
Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
King James 2000
Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the table of your heart:
Lexham Expanded Bible
May loyal love and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.
Modern King James verseion
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; tie them around your neck; write them upon the tablet of your heart;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee: bind them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thine heart.
NET Bible
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
New Heart English Bible
Do not let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
The Emphasized Bible
Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, - bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Webster
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:
World English Bible
Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Themes
Children » Promises and assurances to
Children » Good » Shall be blessed
Good Children » Shall be blessed
Mercy » Man commanded to exercise
Mercy » To be engraved on the heart
Tables » An article of furniture » Figurative
Tables » A slab upon which inscriptions were made » Figurative
The favor of God » Mercy and truth lead to
Topics
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Checed
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:3
Prayers for Proverbs 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom And Piety
2 For length of days and years of life, and peace they shall add to thee. 3 Mercy and truth shall not forsake thee: bind them upon thy throat; write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 4 And find grace and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers, and write them upon the tablet of thine heart
Proverbs 6:21
Tie them always upon thy heart; bind them upon thy throat
2 Corinthians 3:3
Made manifest that ye are the epistle of Christ served by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables made of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah was written with a style of iron, with the nail of diamond: being graved upon the table of their heart, and to the horns of your altars.
Exodus 13:9
And it was to thee for a sign upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes; so that the law of Jehovah shall be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand Jehovah brought thee forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8
And bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for bands between thine eyes.
2 Samuel 15:20
Yesterday thy coming, and this day shall I cause thee to wander about to go with us? and I go where I go, turn back, and turn back thy brethren with thee mercy and truth.
Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth shall guard the king: and his throne he upheld in mercy.
Deuteronomy 11:18-21
And put these words upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they were for bands between your eyes.
Psalm 25:10
All the paths of Jehovah are mercy and truth to those watching his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalm 119:11
In my heart I hid thy sayings, so that I shall not sin to thee.
Proverbs 1:9
For they a garland of grace to thy head, and necklaces for thy throat
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity shall be expiated: and in the fear of Jehovah a departing from evil.
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye sons of Israel: for a contention to Jehovah with the inhabitants of the land, for no truth and no kindness and no knowledge of God in the land.
Micah 7:18-20
Who is God as thee, lifting up iniquity and passing by transgression to the remnant of his inheritance? he held not his anger forever for he delighted in mercy.
Malachi 2:6
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: in truth and in uprightness he went with me, and he turned back many from iniquity.
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye exact tenths and dill and cummin, and ye have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: these it was necessary to do, and not to let go those.
Ephesians 5:1-2
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children;
Ephesians 5:9
(For the fruit of the Spirit in all goodness and justice and truth.;)
Hebrews 10:16
This the covenant which I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord, giving my laws upon their heart, and upon their minds will I write them;