Proverbs 6:21

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about our hearts, our eyes and our necks:

Proverbs 6:21 (NASBStr)

Bind them continually on your heart;

Tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 6:21 (ESV)

Bind them on your heart always;

tie them around your neck.

God's word is not to be left on the coffee table, at church, or near the bed stand.  God's word is to be taken with you throughout your day.   Solomon tells us that we should tie it to our hearts and wear it around our necks.   He is not telling us that we are to literally carry God's word in tattoos or neckless shaped verses.   He is telling us that we should make sure that when we leave the house and interact with society that God's word should be our guidepost and compass.   Carrying God's word in our hearts is a key to waring off Satan.   Mediating on God's Word in our mind is the key to fulfilling God's word this proverb.   Reading God's word is not enough.   Dwelling on it and thinking on it is paramount to obeying it.    We should not neglect or miss where God tells us in this proverb to hang God's word.   He uses heart and neck in this proverb.   We don't know the depth Solomon means in this proverb.   But God does not use any needless words.   As we meditate on the proverb we could see that the heart controls the will while the neck controls the way.   Our necks won't turn our eyes anywhere our hearts have not already gone.  Or, we can stop our necks from following our eyes if we are anchored in our hearts by God's word.   Bind God's Word in your heart and save where your neck turns.