Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
World Messianic Bible
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 words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
22For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
Proverbs 3:3Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 6:21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 7:3Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet 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 →