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Proverbs 3:21

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

KJV

Fili mi, ne effluant hæc ab oculis tuis. Custodi legem atque consilium,

Vulgate

Υἱέ, μὴ παραρυῇς, τήρησον δὲ ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἔννοιαν·

LXX

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

ASV

בְּ֭נִ/י אַל יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵ/עֵינֶ֑י/ךָ נְצֹ֥ר תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּ/מְזִמָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
מְזִמּ֣וֹת
mzmvt
noun · 19×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
נָל֔וֹז
nlvz
verb · 6×
תּוּשִׁיָּֽה
tvshyh
noun · 12×

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls His coming in the flesh an exodus [or going out]: as when He says, The sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3 And again, I went out from the Father, and have come. John 16:28 And in many places one may see this. But Paul calls it an [eisodus or] coming in, saying, And when again He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, meaning by this Bringing…

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:24 — Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
  • 1John 2:27 — But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as i
  • 1Thess 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
  • 2Tim 1:13 — Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • 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 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 6:6 — And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
  • Deut 32:46 — And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
  • John 15:6 — If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
  • Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
  • Prov 1:33 — But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
  • Prov 2:7 — He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
  • Prov 4:21 — Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
  • Prov 4:21 — Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.