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Proverbs 23:26

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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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  1. Psalms 119:2Rank 1 from verse 26
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    2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

  2. Psalms 119:9–11Rank 2 from verse 26
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    9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

    10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  3. Deuteronomy 6:5Rank 3 from verse 26
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    5And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  4. Matthew 10:37–38Rank 4 from verse 26
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    37He 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.

    38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

  5. Proverbs 4:25–27Rank 5 from verse 26
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    25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

    26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  6. Proverbs 3:1Rank 6 from verse 26
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    1MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  7. Proverbs 4:23Rank 7 from verse 26
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    23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

  8. 2 Corinthians 5:14–15Rank 8 from verse 26
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    14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

    15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  9. Ephesians 3:17Rank 9 from verse 26
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    17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

  10. Proverbs 4:4Rank 10 from verse 26
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    4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

  11. Hosea 14:9Rank 11 from verse 26
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  12. Luke 14:26Rank 12 from verse 26
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    26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  13. Psalms 107:43Rank 13 from verse 26
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    43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

  14. 2 Corinthians 8:5Rank 14 from verse 26
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    5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  15. 2 Peter 1:19Rank 15 from verse 26
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    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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Proverbs 23:26

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

observe

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Sense 1: To watch, notice, behold, or take heed of. Sense 2: To keep, carefully perform, or comply with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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23:25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

23:26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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