Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
World Messianic 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! Let her who bore you rejoice!
27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Hosea 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, 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 →