Parallel Verses
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.
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:
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:
Julia Smith Translation
Mercy and truth shall not forsake thee: bind them upon thy throat; 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
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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 [worth living]
And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.
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.
So find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 7:3
Bind them [securely] on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts),
And tie them around your neck.
2 Corinthians 3:3
You show that you are a letter from Christ, delivered 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.
Jeremiah 17:1
With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart
And on the horns of their altars.
Exodus 13:9
It shall serve as a sign to you on your hand (arm), and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the instruction (law) of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a strong and powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8
And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand (forearm), and they shall be used as
2 Samuel 15:20
You came only yesterday, so should I make you wander with us today while I go where I will? Return and take your brothers back with you also. May lovingkindness and faithfulness be with you.”
Proverbs 20:28
Loyalty and mercy, truth and faithfulness, protect the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
Deuteronomy 11:18-21
“Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as
Psalm 25:10
All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Psalm 119:11
Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.
Proverbs 1:9
For they are a garland of grace on your head,
And chains and ornaments [of gold] around your neck.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and lovingkindness and truth [not superficial ritual] wickedness is cleansed from the heart,
And by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.
Hosea 4:1
For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness
Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.
Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
Malachi 2:6
True instruction was in Levi’s mouth and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from wickedness.
Matthew 23:23
Ephesians 5:1-2
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];
Ephesians 5:9
(for the fruit [the effect, the result] of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Hebrews 10:16
“This is the covenant that I will make with them
After those days, says the Lord:
I will imprint My laws upon their heart,
And on their mind I will inscribe them [producing an inward change],”
He then says,