Proverbs 4:21

21 that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in 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 But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

20 son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:

21 that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in heart.

22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.

23 Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.