Proverbs 4:21
that your fountains may not fail you; keep them in your heart.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
In Context
20My son, attend to my speech; and apply your ear to my words:
22For they are life to those that find them, and + 4:22 Or, healing. health to all their flesh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Take heed to yourself, and keep your + 4:9 Gr. soul. heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which your eyes have seen, and let them not depart from your heart all the days of your life; and you shall teach your sons and your sons' sons,
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with you;
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake you; but bind them about your neck:
Proverbs 6:21but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.
Proverbs 7:3And bind them on your fingers, and write them on the table of your heart.
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 →