Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways!
Noyes Bible
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 have joy; Yea, let her that bore thee rejoice!
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; Yea, a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Cross References
Psalms 119:2Happy are they who observe his ordinances, And seek him with their whole heart;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, And let thy heart observe my precepts!
Proverbs 4:23More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.
Hosea 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things, Prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, And the righteous walk in them; But in them transgressors stumble.
Luke 14:26If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot 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 →