Proverbs 4:21

21 Do not lose sight of these things. Keep them deep within 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 way of wicked people is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.

20 My son, pay attention to my words. Open your ears to what I say.

21 Do not lose sight of these things. Keep them deep within your heart

22 because they are life to those who find them and they heal the whole body.

23 Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.