Proverbs 4:21

21 Never let them get away from you. Remember them and keep them in your heart.

Proverbs 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes
Commit them to writing, frequently read them over; let them be always in sight, as a rule and directory to steer the course of life by. Some understand this of the wicked, as if the sense was, let not them, the wicked, cause them to depart from thine eyes; nor thee to neglect them, by their bad advice, solicitations to sin, and ill examples; (See Gill on Proverbs 3:21); keep them in the midst of thine heart;
lay them up there, and ponder them; often meditate upon them, and do not forget them; show the most affectionate regard unto them, and look upon them as a most inestimable treasure, for which no place is so fit a repository as the heart.

Proverbs 4:21 In-Context

19 The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.
20 My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words.
21 Never let them get away from you. Remember them and keep them in your heart.
22 They will give life and health to anyone who understands them.
23 Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.