Proverbs 4:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.”
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BSBPD
“Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:25 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
- Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
- Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
- Matthew 6:22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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