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Proverbs 4:25

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

KJV

Oculi tui recta videant, et palpebræ tuæ præcedant gressus tuos.

Vulgate

οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ὀρθὰ βλεπέτωσαν, τὰ δὲ βλέφαρά σου νευέτω δίκαια.

LXX

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

ASV

עֵ֭ינֶי/ךָ לְ/נֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝/עַפְעַפֶּ֗י/ךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 70×
יָשַׁ֥ר
yshr
verb · 28×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
נֹ֣כַח
nkch
noun · 23×
עַפְעַפֵּי
'p'py
noun · 10×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 31:1 — I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
  • Job 31:1 — I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
  • Luke 10:4 — Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
  • Matt 6:22 — The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
  • Prov 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.
  • Prov 23:26 — My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
  • Prov 23:33 — Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
  • Ps 5:8 — Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
  • Ps 37:34 — Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
  • Ps 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
  • Ps 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.