Proverbs 23:26
Give, my son, your heart to me, || And let your eyes watch my ways.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
In Context
25Your father and your mother rejoice, || Indeed, she bearing you is joyful.
27For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, || And a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And you have loved your God YHWH with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
Psalms 119:2O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, || They seek Him with the whole heart.
Proverbs 3:1My son! Do not forget my law, || And let your heart keep my commands,
Proverbs 4:23Above every charge keep your heart, || For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
Hosea 14:9Who [is] wise, and understands these? Prudent, and knows them? For upright are the ways of YHWH, || And the righteous go on in them, || And the transgressors stumble therein!”
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to 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 →