Proverbs 4:21
Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
In Context
20My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
22For they are life to those who find them and health to all that is flesh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you,
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart.
Proverbs 6:21Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
Proverbs 7:3Bind it with your fingers; write it on the tablets of 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 →