King James Version
Proverbs 23:26 in the King James Version says “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.”
Proverbs 23:26 · KJV
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. as for: or, as a robber
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“me thine heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“and let thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“my ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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