Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
In Context
25let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
Hosea 14:9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Luke 14:26If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →