Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Psalms 119:2Happy are they that keep His testimonies, that seek Him with the whole heart.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 4:23Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
Hosea 14:9(14-10) Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the just do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein.
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 →