Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
King James Version
In Context
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Hosea 14:9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Luke 14:26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, 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 →