Proverbs 4:21
Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
In Context
20My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
22For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;
Proverbs 6:21Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
Proverbs 7:3Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →