Proverbs 4:25
Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
In Context
24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
26Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:29The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
Proverbs 23:33Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
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 →