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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.

Context of Proverbs 4:25

23Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. 24Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. 26Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. 27Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from 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 23:5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
• Job 31:1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
• Matthew 6:22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, 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