Proverbs 3:21
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
In Context
20By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
22so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
Deuteronomy 32:46he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.
Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Proverbs 19:8He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
John 15:6Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:14-21
The Excellency of Wisdom; Happiness of Those Who Find Wisdom. 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a… Read the whole commentary →