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

23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life. 24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech. Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. 26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. 27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

Proverbs 4:25 word by word

עֵ֭ינֶיךָ לְנֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Let your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• lookנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• forwardנֹ֫כַחnôkach · beforeH5227
• fix your gazeעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079
• straightיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
• aheadנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048

Cross-references for Proverbs 4:25

• Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
• Matthew 6:22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

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