Proverbs 4:25

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.”

What this verse means

Read Proverbs 4:25 in the flow of Proverbs4 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs4 to see the surrounding context.

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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 Domain
ASVPD

“Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:25 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
  2. Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
  3. Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
  4. Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
  5. Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
  6. Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
  7. 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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