Guard Your Father's Commandments In This World And The Next

Midrash Mishlei 6:5

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(Proverbs 6:20): "Guard, my son, the commandment of your father" — what is written after it? (Proverbs 6:21): "Bind them upon your heart always," etc. Why? (Proverbs 6:22): "When you walk it shall lead you" — in this world; "when you lie down it shall watch over you" — at the hour of death; "and when you awake it shall talk with you" — in the world to come.

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