Proverbs 3:3

New English Translation

Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:20

It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!”

Psalm 119:11

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

Psalm 25:10

The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.

Psalm 85:10

Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.

Exodus 13:9

It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

Proverbs 1:9

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

Proverbs 16:6

Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.

Proverbs 20:28

Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love.

Proverbs 6:21

Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

Proverbs 7:3

Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel on their stone-hard hearts. It is inscribed with a diamond point on the horns of their altars.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.

Malachi 2:6

He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

2 Corinthians 3:3

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth –

Deuteronomy 6:8

You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead.

Hebrews 10:16

“This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,”