Proverbs 6:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²² When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² When thou goest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² When you go, they [the words of your parents' God] shall lead you; when you sleep, they shall keep you; and when you waken, they shall talk with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Common English Bible

²² When you walk around, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will protect you; when you awake, they will occupy your attention.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.

Proverbs 6:22 Cross References

Proverbs 2:11

discretion will watch over you; understanding will guard you;

Psalm 119:11

I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Psalm 119:148

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate upon thy promise.

Psalm 119:9

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.

Psalm 119:54

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalm 119:24

Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.

Psalm 43:3

Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Psalm 17:4

With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Psalm 3:6

I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about.