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Proverbs 4:25
Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Let your eyes look forward;fix your gaze straight ahead.
Let your eyes look forward;fix your gaze straight ahead.
Hebrew Names Version
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
King James Version
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
English Standard Version
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
New Century Version
Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good.
Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good.
New English Translation
Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
Amplified Bible
Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
New American Standard Bible
Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
World English Bible
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyeliddes direct thy way before thee.
Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyeliddes direct thy way before thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Let your eyes look directly aheadAnd even let your eyelids be fixed straight in front of you.
Let your eyes look directly aheadAnd even let your eyelids be fixed straight in front of you.
Berean Standard Bible
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Contemporary English Version
Keep looking straight ahead, without turning aside.
Keep looking straight ahead, without turning aside.
Complete Jewish Bible
Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze on what lies in front of you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze on what lies in front of you.
Darby Translation
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Keep your eyes on the path, and look straight ahead.
Keep your eyes on the path, and look straight ahead.
George Lamsa Translation
Let your eyes look straight forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Let your eyes look straight forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Good News Translation
Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame.
Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame.
Lexham English Bible
May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.
May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.
Literal Translation
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let thine eyes beholde the thinge yt is right, & let thine eye lyddes loke straight before the.
Let thine eyes beholde the thinge yt is right, & let thine eye lyddes loke straight before the.
American Standard Version
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Bible in Basic English
Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
King James Version (1611)
Let thine eyes looke right on, and let thine eye lids looke straight before thee.
Let thine eyes looke right on, and let thine eye lids looke straight before thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee.
Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent to just things.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent to just things.
English Revised Version
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thin iyen se riytful thingis; and thin iyeliddis go bifore thi steppis.
Thin iyen se riytful thingis; and thin iyeliddis go bifore thi steppis.
Update Bible Version
Let your eyes look right on, And let your eyelids look straight before you.
Let your eyes look right on, And let your eyelids look straight before you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.
Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.
New King James Version
Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
New Life Bible
Let your eyes look straight in front of you, and keep looking at what is in front of you.
Let your eyes look straight in front of you, and keep looking at what is in front of you.
New Revised Standard
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.
Let, thine eyes, right onward, look, - and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
Revised Standard Version
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.
Young's Literal Translation
Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
Contextual Overview
20 My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. 21 Don't lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, 22 for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. 23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. 24 Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. 25 Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. 26 Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. 27 Don't get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 23:33, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Matthew 6:22
Reciprocal: Psalms 5:8 - make Psalms 37:34 - keep Proverbs 8:20 - in the Proverbs 23:26 - let Ecclesiastes 7:18 - good Ezekiel 1:9 - they turned Luke 10:4 - and
Cross-References
Genesis 4:1
Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, "With the Lord 's help, I have produced a man!"
Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, "With the Lord 's help, I have produced a man!"
Genesis 4:3
When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord .
When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord .
Genesis 4:4
Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:8
One day Cain suggested to his brother, "Let's go out into the fields." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
One day Cain suggested to his brother, "Let's go out into the fields." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.
1 Chronicles 1:1
The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh,
The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh,
Luke 3:38
Kenan was the son of Enosh. Enosh was the son of Seth. Seth was the son of Adam. Adam was the son of God.
Kenan was the son of Enosh. Enosh was the son of Seth. Seth was the son of Adam. Adam was the son of God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Proverbs 4:23.
