Parallel Verses
Amplified
My son, give me your heart
And let your eyes delight in my ways,
New American Standard Bible
And let your eyes
King James Version
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Holman Bible
and let your eyes observe my ways.
International Standard Version
Give me your heart, my son, and keep your eyes fixed on my ways,
American Standard Version
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
Bible in Basic English
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
Darby Translation
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Julia Smith Translation
My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.
King James 2000
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My child, may you give your heart to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.
Modern King James verseion
My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.
NET Bible
Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;
New Heart English Bible
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;
Webster
My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
World English Bible
My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
Themes
divine Call » Heal persecution of » To consecration
Consecration » A call to personal
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Leb
`ayin
Ratsah
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
25
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her who gave birth to you rejoice [in your wise and godly choices].
My son, give me your heart
And let your eyes delight in my ways,
For a prostitute is a deep pit,
And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
Cross References
Psalm 107:43
Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things;
And [thoughtfully] consider the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Matthew 10:37-38
Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength [your entire being].
Psalm 119:2
Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,
And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.
Psalm 119:9-11
Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].
Proverbs 3:1
But let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 4:4
He taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4:23
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:25-27
Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage]
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
Hosea 14:9
Whoever is [spiritually] wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is [spiritually] discerning and understanding, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble and fall in them.
Luke 14:26
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;
2 Corinthians 8:5
Not only [did they give materially] as we had hoped, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His representatives] by the will of God [disregarding their personal interests and giving as much as they possibly could].
Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,
2 Peter 1:19
So we have the prophetic word made more certain. You do well to pay [close] attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and light breaks through the gloom and the