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Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

KJV

Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.

Vulgate

δός μοι, υἱέ, σὴν καρδίαν· οἱ δὲ σοὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς τηρείτωσαν.

LXX

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

ASV

תְּנָֽ/ה בְנִ֣/י לִבְּ/ךָ֣ לִ֑/י וְ֝/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָ דְּרָכַ֥/י תרצנה תִּצֹּֽרְנָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
י
y
noun · 591×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ם
m
verb · 57×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 30:19 — That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • Deut 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons,
  • Deut 6:5 — And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
  • Eccl 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
  • Eph 3:17 — That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Gen 39:8 — But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
  • Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Judg 16:15 — And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
  • Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Mark 12:29 — And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
  • Matt 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Matt 15:8 — This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
  • Num 14:24 — But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
  • Prov 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
  • Prov 4:4 — He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Prov 4:25 — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
  • Prov 23:19 — Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
  • Ps 107:43 — Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Ps 119:2 — Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • Ps 119:2 — Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • Ps 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
  • Rev 3:15 — I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.