Proverbs 6:21

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

Cross-reference

Proverbs 3:3 uses the identical 'bind around your neck' phrase for mercy and truth, reinforcing the same physical metaphor for keeping wisdom.

Proverbs 7:3 directly repeats the binding on fingers and writing on heart, closely mirroring this verse's imagery.

Proverbs 1:9 uses the same imagery of teaching as a graceful ornament and chains around the neck, mirroring the command to bind wisdom closely.

Proverbs 4:21 says to keep the father's words in the heart, echoing the theme of internalizing instruction.

Deuteronomy 6:8 commands binding God's words as signs on hand and frontlets, closely paralleling this binding metaphor.

Matthew 23:5 shows Pharisees using phylacteries to display piety outwardly—a contrast to the heart-bound wisdom Proverbs describes.

Exodus 13:16 uses physical signs on hand and forehead as memorials, similar to binding commands around the neck as reminders.