Proverbs 6:21
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Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
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Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.