Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Shun evil if you will, but that is not enough; you must actively study the methods of duty. Bend your ear to wisdom's sayings, lodge them deep in your heart as commanding principles, and let them remain fixed before your eyes. They are both food and medicine to the soul: the nourishment by which spiritual life is sustained, and the healing by which the whole man is restored.
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Commenting on Proverbs 4:20-27
Let them not depart from thine eyes,.... Commit them to writing, frequently read them over; let them be always in sight, as a rule and directory to steer the course of life by. Some understand this of the wicked, as if the sense was, let not them, the wicked, cause them to depart from thine eyes; nor thee to neglect them, by their bad advice...
Pro 4:20-22 The paternal admonition now takes a new departure: 20 My son, attend unto my words, Incline thine ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life to all who get possession of them, And health to their whole body. Regarding the Hiph.
Commenting on Proverbs 4:20-22