Proverbs 23:26
Give, my son, thy heart unto me, and let thy eyes watch my ways.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
In Context
25Let [then] thy father and thy mother rejoice, and let her that hath born thee be glad.
27For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow well.
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 who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 4:23Above all that is to be guarded, keep thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.
Hosea 14:9(14:10) Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for righteous are the ways of the Lord; and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors will stumble through them.
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 →