Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes delight in my ways.

King James Version

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Holman Bible

My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.

International Standard Version

Give me your heart, my son, and keep your eyes fixed on my ways,

American Standard Version

My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Amplified


My son, give me your heart
And let your eyes delight in my ways,

Bible in Basic English

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

Darby Translation

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Julia Smith Translation

My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.

King James 2000

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My child, may you give your heart to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.

Modern King James verseion

My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes watch My ways.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.

NET Bible

Give me your heart, my son, 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.

The Emphasized Bible

Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

Verse Info

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

25 Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. 26 Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.

Cross References

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.

Matthew 10:37-38

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Deuteronomy 6:5

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Psalm 119:2

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

Psalm 119:9-11

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

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 to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 4:25-27

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.

Hosea 14:9

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Luke 14:26

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

2 Corinthians 8:5

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

Ephesians 3:17

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

2 Peter 1:19

And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

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