Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways, New Living Translation O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways. English Standard Version My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. Berean Standard Bible My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. King James Bible My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. New King James Version My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways. New American Standard Bible Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. NASB 1995 Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. NASB 1977 Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. Legacy Standard Bible Give your heart to me, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. Amplified Bible My son, give me your heart And let your eyes delight in my ways, Christian Standard Bible My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. Holman Christian Standard Bible My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. American Standard Version My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Give me your heart, my son, and your eyes will keep my ways. Brenton Septuagint Translation My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. Contemporary English Version My son, pay close attention, and gladly follow my example. Douay-Rheims Bible My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways. English Revised Version My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways. GOD'S WORD® Translation My son, give me your heart. Let your eyes find happiness in my ways. Good News Translation Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example. International Standard Version Give me your heart, my son, and keep your eyes fixed on my ways, JPS Tanakh 1917 My son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways. Literal Standard Version Give, my son, your heart to me, | And let your eyes watch my ways. Majority Standard Bible My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. New American Bible My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways, NET Bible Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways; New Revised Standard Version My child, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. New Heart English Bible My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways. Webster's Bible Translation My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways. World English Bible My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways. Young's Literal Translation Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context True Riches…25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice! 26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. 27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.… Cross References Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. Psalm 119:24 Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors. Proverbs 3:1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; Proverbs 4:4 he taught me and said, "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live. Treasury of Scripture My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. my son Proverbs 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. give Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Matthew 10:37,38 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me… let Proverbs 4:25-27 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee… Psalm 107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. Psalm 119:2,9-11 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart… Jump to Previous Delight Eyes Heart Observe Watch WaysJump to Next Delight Eyes Heart Observe Watch WaysProverbs 23 1. Consider carefully what is before you(26) My son, give me thine heart.--For that is the one gift alone worthy of acceptance which man can offer to God, and the only one which God will accept; an offering which man endeavours to keep for himself, substituting for it alms, unreal prayers, outward observances of religion, and obedience in matters of little moment. (Comp. Matthew 22:37.)Verses 26-28. - A hexastich, in which Wisdom herself is the speaker, and warns against unchastity. Verse 26. - Give me thine heart. Do not waste thy powers and affections on evil objects, but set thy soul with all its best faculties on me, Wisdom, who alone can satisfy its desires and aspirations. There is an eloquent passage in a tract that has gone by St. Bernard's name, though not written by him ('Epist. de Reg. Vitae Spirit.,' 2:1604, Mab.), which is worth quoting: "Cor nostrum nihil dignius perficere potest, quam ut ei se restituat a quo factum est: et hoc a nobis Dominus expetit dicens, 'Fili, da mihi cor tuum.' Tunc siquidem cor hominum Deo datur, quando omnia cogitatio terminatur in eum, gyrat et circumflectitur super eum, et nihil vult possidere praeter eum. Sicque colligato sibi animo, eum diligit, ut sine ipso amarus sit omnis amor. Nec aliud dixerim cor Domino dare, quam ipsum captivare in omni obsequium ejus, et ita voluntati ejus ex toto supponere, ut nihil aliud velit, quam quod noverit eum velle." Let thine eyes observe my ways; keep closely to the paths of virtue which I teach thee, especially the path of purity, as the next verse shows. Vulgate, Vias meas custodiant; Septuagint, Ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς πήρειτωσαν. This is the reading of the Keri, תִּלֺצרְנָה; the Khetib, which Delitzsch and others prefer, reads תִּרְצֶנָה, "delight in" my ways. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My son,בְנִ֣י (ḇə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son give תְּנָֽה־ (tə·nāh-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set me your heart, לִבְּךָ֣ (lib·bə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre and let your eyes וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ (wə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain delight תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃ (tiṣ·ṣō·rə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt in my ways. דְּרָכַ֥י (də·rā·ḵay) Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links Proverbs 23:26 NIVProverbs 23:26 NLT Proverbs 23:26 ESV Proverbs 23:26 NASB Proverbs 23:26 KJV Proverbs 23:26 BibleApps.com Proverbs 23:26 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 23:26 Chinese Bible Proverbs 23:26 French Bible Proverbs 23:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:26 My son give me your heart (Prov. 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