Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
In Context
25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—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 →