Proverbs 4:25

25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

Proverbs 4:25 in Other Translations

KJV
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
ESV
25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
NLT
25 Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
MSG
25 Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions.
CSB
25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Proverbs 4:25 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:25

Let thine eyes look right on
To the path of truth and holiness, without turning or looking to the right hand or left, as it is afterwards expressed; to the word of truth, as the rule to walk by; to Christ, the author and finisher of faith, from whom all grace, and the supplies of it, are to be had; and to the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God; and thine eyelids look straight before thee;
to the precepts of the word, to observe them; to the promises of it for encouragement; to the examples of the saints gone before, as motives to excite diligence, and to exercise patience, faith, and hope; to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life, and to the blessed hope laid up in heaven.

Proverbs 4:25 In-Context

23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

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