Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 3:21 in other translations
| BSB | My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment. |
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| WEB | My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion, |
| ASV | My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
| YLT | My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness, |
| DARBY | My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
| BBE | My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes. |
| Webster | My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
What does Proverbs 3:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:21-26
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 3:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 3:21
- Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
- Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- Deuteronomy 32:46-47
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
- Hebrews 2:1-3
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- John 8:31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- 1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
- Proverbs 3:1-3
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- 1 John 2:24
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
- John 15:6-7
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
- Proverbs 2:7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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Context
- Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
- Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
- Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs 3:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hijo mío, no se aparten estas cosas de tus ojos; guarda la ley y el consejo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon fils, que ces choses ne s’éloignent point de tes yeux: garde le sain conseil et la réflexion, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mein Sohn, laß sie nicht von deinen Augen weichen, bewahre klugen Rat und Besonnenheit; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fili mi, ne effluant hæc ab oculis tuis. Custodi legem atque consilium, |