Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart; 2 and let your eyes keep in my ways. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
In Context
25Let your father and your mother be glad! 2 Let her who bore you rejoice! 1
27For a prostitute is a deep pit; 2 and a wayward wife is a narrow well. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5+ 6:5. Deut 6:5 (Deut 6:4-9, 11:1, 11:13, 11:22) (#1.32): T. You shall love YHVH your God / R. To love Adonai You shall את 'ahav ·affectionately love· Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. + 6:5 Expanded rendering: You shall 'ahav ·affectionately love· Adonai your God with all your spirit, mind, understanding, and all your soul, self, passion, and all your might, strength, life essence. + 6:5. (4-5) Quoted in Mark 12:29-30 + 6:5. Quoted in Matt 22:37; Mark 12:33; Luke 10:27
Psalms 119:2א ( 'ashreiy, Blessed) Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, 2 who seek him with their whole heart. 1
Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching; 2 but keep my mitzvot ·instructions· in your heart: 1
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart with all diligence, 2 for out of it is the wellspring of life. 1
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me, and does not disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, + 14:26. Quoted from Mic 7:6 brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t 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 →