"Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee." — Proverbs 4:25

Proverbs 4:25 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 4:25

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}

Verse 26

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. {let...: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright}

Proverbs 4 — Context

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. {let...: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright}

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Cross References

Psalms 119:37

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. {Turn...: Heb. Make to pass}

Matthew 6:22

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Job 31:1

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Proverbs 23:33

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. {set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}