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

Context of Proverbs 4:25

23Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. 24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. 26Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. 27Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove 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 23:5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
• Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.
• Matthew 6:22“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is 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