My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:26 · retained source text
My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
KJV dictionary & concordance
observe
Meaning of “observe”
Sense 1: To watch, notice, behold, or take heed of. Sense 2: To keep, carefully perform, or comply with.
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55 occurrences52 verses20 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 12:17
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:7 · retained source text
Yea the Storke in the heauen knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow obserue the time of their coming; but my people know not the iudgement of the LORD.
1611 marginal noteIsai. 1.3.
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:18 · retained source text
But I said vnto their children in the wildernesse; Walke ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither obserue their iudgements, nor defile your selues with their idoles.
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 37:24 · retained source text
And Dauid my seruant shall be King ouer them, and they all shall haue one shepheard: they shall also walke in my iudgements, and obserue my statutes, and doe them.
1611 marginal noteIsai 40.11. iere.23.5. and 30.9. cha. 34.23.
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
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1611 witness · Hosea 13:7 · retained source text
Therefore I will bee vnto them as a Lion, as a Leopard by the way will I obserue them.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jonah 2:8 · retained source text
They that obserue lying vanities, forsake their owne mercy.
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
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1611 witness · Matthew 23:3 · retained source text
All therefore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue, that obserue and doe, but doe not ye after their workes: for they say, and doe not.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 28:20 · retained source text
Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the end of the world. Amen.
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 16:21 · retained source text
And teach customes which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, being Romanes.
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 21:25 · retained source text
As touching the Gentiles which beleeue, wee haue written and concluded, that they obserue no such thing, saue onely that they keepe themselues from things offered to idoles, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.20.
Complete reference index — all 52 verses
Exodus 12:17Exodus 12:24Exodus 31:16Exodus 34:11Exodus 34:22Leviticus 19:26Leviticus 19:37Numbers 28:2Deuteronomy 5:32Deuteronomy 6:3Deuteronomy 6:25Deuteronomy 8:1Deuteronomy 11:32Deuteronomy 12:1Deuteronomy 12:28Deuteronomy 12:32Deuteronomy 15:5Deuteronomy 16:1Deuteronomy 16:12Deuteronomy 16:13Deuteronomy 17:10Deuteronomy 24:8Deuteronomy 28:1Deuteronomy 28:13Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 28:58Deuteronomy 31:12Deuteronomy 32:46Joshua 1:7Joshua 1:8Judges 13:141 Kings 20:332 Kings 17:372 Kings 21:82 Chronicles 7:17Nehemiah 1:5Nehemiah 10:29Psalms 105:45Psalms 107:43Psalms 119:34Proverbs 23:26Jeremiah 8:7Ezekiel 20:18Ezekiel 37:24Hosea 13:7Jonah 2:8Matthew 23:3Matthew 28:20Acts 16:21Acts 21:25Galatians 4:101 Timothy 5:21
Where “observe” appears
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Exodus6 occurrences
5 versesLeviticus2 occurrences
2 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy21 occurrences
20 versesJoshua2 occurrences
2 versesJudges1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings2 occurrences
2 verses2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseJonah1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew3 occurrences
2 versesActs2 occurrences
2 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy1 occurrence
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5 versesLeviticus2 occurrences
2 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy21 occurrences
20 versesJoshua2 occurrences
2 versesJudges1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings2 occurrences
2 verses2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseJonah1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew3 occurrences
2 versesActs2 occurrences
2 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy1 occurrence
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