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Proverbs 4:21
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Proverbs 4:21
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 4:21
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow. To leave; to forsake; to abandon.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 · KJV usage
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
The middle or central part; the position among or surrounded by others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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Open the full verse study3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Open the full verse study1MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Open the full verse study8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Open the full verse study1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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