KJV King James Version
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
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Proverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
WEB World English Bible
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
ASV American Standard Version
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 4
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 let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Psalm 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?Proverbs 23:33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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