Proverbs Chapter 3 verse 3 Holy Bible
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
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Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;
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Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
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Proverbs 3 : 3 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Mercy and truth (khesed vermeth); properly, love and truth; Vulgate, misericordia et veritas; LXX., ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστεις. With this verse begin the commandments which are alluded to in ver. 1. The Hebrew khesed has to be understood in its widest sense, though the Vulgate and the LXX. confine it to one aspect of its meaning, viz. that which refers to the relation of man to man, to the pity evoked by the sight of another's misfortunes, and to ahnsgiving. The radical meaning of the word is "ardent desire," from the root khasad, "to eagerly or ardently desire." Delitzsch describes it as "well affectedness." Predicated of God, it indicates God's love and grace towards man; predicated of man, it signifies man's love toward s God, i.e. piety, or man's love towards his neighbour, i.e. humanity. Where this mercy or love is exhibited in man it finds expression in (1) mutual outward help; (2) forgiveness of offences; (3) sympathy of feeling, which leads to interchange of thought, and so to the development of the spiritual life (see Elster, in loc.). . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Mercy.--Or rather, love, shown by God to man (Exodus 34:7), by man to God (Jeremiah 2:2), and to his fellow man (Genesis 21:23); "truth," or rather, faithfulness, especially in keeping promises, is similarly used both of God (Psalm 30:10) and man (Isaiah 59:14). The two are often joined, as in this place. They are the two special attributes by which God is known in His dealings with men (Exodus 34:6-7), and as such must be imitated by man (Matthew 5:48). . . .
