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Proverbs 4

Pr. 4:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
look
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
right on
nokach (Hebrew #5227)
properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of
KJV usage: (over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).
Pronounce: no'-kakh
Origin: from the same as 5226
, and let thine eyelids
`aph`aph (Hebrew #6079)
an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning ray
KJV usage: dawning, eye-lid.
Pronounce: af-af'
Origin: from 5774
look straight
yashar (Hebrew #3474)
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
KJV usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Pronounce: yaw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
before thee.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pr. 23:5,33• 5¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? Porque hacerse han alas, Como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.
 33Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, Y tu corazón hablará perversidades. (Pr. 23:5,33)
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Job 31:1• 1Hice pacto con mis ojos: ¿Cómo pues había yo de pensar en virgen? (Job 31:1)
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Sal. 119:37• 37Aparta mis ojos, que no vean la vanidad; Avívame en tu camino. (Sal. 119:37)
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Mt. 6:22• 22La lámpara del cuerpo es el ojo: así que, si tu ojo fuere sincero, todo tu cuerpo será luminoso: (Mt. 6:22)
• The eye is to be fixed on the goal, looking straight before. For us, this is Christ. As the plowman cuts a straight furrow when the eye is on a distant point directly before him, so the Christian’s path will be that of the just, when the eye of the heart is fixed on the Lord Jesus, now ascended to glory. (“Proverbs Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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