Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from yours eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Updated King James Version
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 are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
22So shall they be life unto your soul, and grace to your neck.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which yours eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them your sons, and your sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which all of you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
Proverbs 2:7He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
Proverbs 19:8He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.
John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men 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 →