KJV King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
WEB World English Bible
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
ASV American Standard Version
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 23
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 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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Psalm 119:2Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.Psalm 119:9-11BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Matthew 10:37-38He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Proverbs 4:25-27Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,2 Corinthians 5:14-15For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.Psalm 107:43Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.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.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.2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:2 Corinthians 8:5And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
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