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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let them not depart
luwz (Hebrew #3868)
to turn aside (compare 3867, 3874 and 3885), i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
KJV usage: depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
Pronounce: looz
Origin: a primitive root
from thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
; keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
them in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of thine heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 3:3,21• 3Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
 21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion: (Prov. 3:3,21)
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Prov. 2:1• 1My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, (Prov. 2:1)
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Psa. 40:8• 8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Psa. 40•  (Psa. 40)
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• The Spirit of Christ in the psalmist could say, “Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee” (Psa. 119:2). It is the heart controlled by Scripture that assures a walk in the truth. (“Proverbs Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.