Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
In Context
20By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;
Deuteronomy 32:46And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day; which ye shall command your children, to observe to do all the words of this law.
Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.
Proverbs 19:8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:14-21
The Excellency of Wisdom; Happiness of Those Who Find Wisdom. 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a… Read the whole commentary →