Proverbs 4:21

Go not they away from thine eyes (or Let them not go away from thine eyes); keep thou them in the middle of thine heart.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

In Context

20My son, hearken thou (to) my words; and bow down thine ears to my speeches.

22For those be life to men finding those, and health of all flesh. (For they be life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:9Therefore keep thyself, and thy soul busily; forget thou not the words which thine eyes have seen, and fall they not down from thine heart, in all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach those (to) thy sons, and thy sons? sons. (And so guard thyself, and thy soul; forget thou not the things which thine eyes have seen, and fall they not down from thy heart, all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and thy daughters, and to thy children’s children.)

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou receivest my words, and hidest my behests with thee (or and hidest my commands with thee);

Proverbs 3:3Mercy and truth forsake thee not; bind thou those to thy throat, and write them in the tables of thine heart. (Let not mercy and truth desert thee; bind thou them about thy neck, and write them on the tablets of thy heart.)

Proverbs 6:21Bind thou those continually in thine heart; and encompass to thy throat. (Bind thou them continually to thy heart; and tie them about thy neck.)

Proverbs 7:3Bind thou it in thy fingers; write thou it in the tables of thine heart. (Bind thou it on thy fingers; write thou it on the tablets of thy 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 →

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