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Proverbs 4 › verse

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.

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Key words: ʿayin yāšar ʿap̄ʿapîm nāḇaṭ

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Let thine eyesʿênêḵā עֵינֶיךָʿayin5
lookyabîṭû יַבִּיטוּnāḇaṭ1
right onlᵊnōḵaḥ לְנֹכַחnōḵaḥ1
and let thine eyelidsvᵊʿap̄ʿapêḵā וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָʿap̄ʿapîm1
look straightyayširû יַיְשִׁרוּyāšar2
before theeneḡdeḵā נֶגְדֶּךָneḡeḏ1

Cross-references 5

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

(whole verse) 4
  • Proverbs 23:5, 33

    5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
    33Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Job 31:1

    1"I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?

  • Psalms 119:37

    37Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.

  • Matthew 6:22 Matthew 6:22

    22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

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