Proverbs 4:21

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Proverbs 4:21


← Proverbs 4:20 Proverbs 4:21 (KJV) Proverbs 4:22 →
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let them not departH3868 from thine eyesH5869; keepH8104 them in the midstH8432 of thine heartH3824.


Original Hebrew

אַל־יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שָׁמְרֵם בְּתֹוךְ לְבָבֶךָ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אַל
'al- H408 HTn do not
יַלִּ֥יזוּ
ya.Li.zu H3868 HVhj3mp let them depart
מֵ/עֵינֶ֑י/ךָ
me./'ei.Nei./kha H5869 HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms from/ eyes/ your
שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗/ם
Sham.Re/m H8104 HVqv2ms/Sp3mp keep/ them
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ
be./Tokh H8432 HR/Ncmsc in/ (the) midst of
לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ
le.va.Ve./kha H3824 HNcmsc/Sp2ms heart/ your
Strong's References
  • H3824 — לֵבָב (lêbâb, lay-bawb'): from לָבַב (lâbab) H3823; used also like לֵב (lêb) H3820; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
  • H3868 — לוּז (lûwz, looz): a primitive root; (compare לָוָה (lâvâh) H3867, לוּט (lûwṭ) H3874 and לוּן (lûwn) H3885); to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse; depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
  • H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
  • H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; 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).
  • H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
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Reciprocal references (5): Job 22:22, Proverbs 4:6, Proverbs 5:7, Proverbs 6:21, Proverbs 19:8

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