Proverbs 4:25
Let thy eyes look right forward, and let thy eyelids see straight out before thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
In Context
24Remove from thee frowardness of mouth; and perverseness of lips put away far from thee.
26Balance well the track of thy foot, and let all thy ways be firmly right.
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life.
Proverbs 21:29A wicked man showeth impudence in his face; but as for the upright, he will consider well his way.
Proverbs 23:33Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak 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 →