Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart: (see Deuteronomy 6:8): — I. THE SUBSTANCE OF A TRUE PHYLACTERY: "Mercy and truth." These are the two grand elements of revelation. they meet man's nature as a being possessing intellect and heart, each of which has its respective cravings and claims. II. THE USES OF A TRUE PHYLACTERY. The old phylacteries seem to be used — 1. As mementoes. They were to remind the wearer of the law. 2. As safeguards. This was, indeed, a later and superstitious use. Still "mercy and truth" rightly worn are safeguards. They protect us from what is wrong and ruinous. (D. Thomas, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: |
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