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Proverbs 4:25

What does Proverbs 4:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 4:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

v.25This passage

v.26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 6:22

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

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

  • Proverbs 23:5

    Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? Forrichescertainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

  • Job 31:1

    I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

  • Proverbs 23:33

    Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

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