Proverbs 3:3

3. Let not mercy and truth The kindness, love, and faithfulness, to which I have exhorted.

Forsake thee Depart from thee. Cherish them, cultivate them, make them a part of thy character, maintain and exhibit them always. This is forcibly expressed in the metaphorical language of the latter part of the verse. Zockler renders, love and truth, and remarks: “these ideas, which are often associated in our book for example, Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 20:28 are, when predicated of man, the designation of those attributes in which the normal perfection of his moral conduct towards his neighbour expresses itself.” To “bind” God’s law about the neck is not only to obey it, but to rejoice in it as an ornament of the highest value. Comp. 1 Peter 3:3-4. Write them… heart The meaning is, impress them on thy mind and affections.