Proverbs 4:25

Proverbs 4:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.

Context of Proverbs 4:25

23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. 24Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth, And put devious lips far from you. Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity]. 26Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, And all your ways will be steadfast and sure. 27Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk]; Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.

Proverbs 4:25 word by word

עֵ֭ינֶיךָ לְנֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• lookנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• right onנֹ֫כַחnôkach · beforeH5227
• and let thine eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079
• look straightיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474

Cross-references for Proverbs 4:25

• Proverbs 23:5When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes; How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?
• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine], And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
• Matthew 6:22“The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts].

Commentaries on Proverbs 4:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-26Verses 24-26 Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Proverbs 4:23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-27Verses 14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a due distance, but at a great distance; never think you can get far enough from it. The way of the righteous is light; Christ is their Way, and he is the Light. The saints will not be perfect till they reach heaven, but there they shall shine as the sun…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27Wise people walk through life looking straight ahead.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Let ... before thee--that is, pursue a sincere and direct purpose, avoiding temptations.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 4:25

• Decision
• Honesty
• Integrity
• Watchfulness
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Diligence
• Getting
• Hold
• Look
• Ponder
• Principal
• Promote
• Right
• Stumble
• Eyelid

Commentaries on Proverbs 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings