Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Brenton Septuagint
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 rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.
27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and all thy strength.
Psalms 119:2Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
Proverbs 4:23Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
Hosea 14:9What has he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found.
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 →