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Proverbs 4

Prov. 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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Prov. 23:5,33• 5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. (Prov. 23:5,33)
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Job 31:1• 1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? (Job 31:1)
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Psa. 119:37• 37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. (Psa. 119:37)
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Matt. 6:22• 22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. (Matt. 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.