Proverbs 23:26

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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart.
  • Matt 10:37-38 : 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 How can a young person keep their way pure? By living according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I seek You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.
  • Deut 6:5 : 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Let whoever is wise heed these things and consider the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and established in love,
  • Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.
  • Prov 4:4 : 4 he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
  • Prov 4:25-27 : 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. 26 Consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; keep your foot away from evil.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
  • 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:19
    81%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Prov 23:15-16
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    81%

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, my heart will also rejoice.

    16Yes, my inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    80%

    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Prov 3:1
    79%

    1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you,

    2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    77%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

    21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

  • Prov 5:1
    77%

    1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.

  • Prov 1:8
    77%

    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Prov 8:32
    77%

    32Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Prov 7:24-25
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    76%

    24Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 27:11
    76%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I may answer anyone who reproaches me.

  • Prov 7:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.

    2Keep my commandments and live, and guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

  • Prov 4:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10Listen, my son, and accept my words, and the years of your life will be many.

    11I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have guided you along straight paths.

  • Prov 5:7
    76%

    7Now, my children, listen to me, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 3:21
    75%

    21My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Prov 4:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

    2For I give you good teaching; do not abandon my instruction.

    3When I was a son to my father, tender and the only one in the eyes of my mother,

    4he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'

  • Prov 29:17
    74%

    17Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 23:22
    74%

    22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 23:12
    74%

    12Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 23:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24The father of a righteous child will greatly rejoice; a man who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

    25May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.

  • Prov 4:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

    26Consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.

  • Prov 5:20
    74%

    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Prov 31:2
    73%

    2What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • 1 Chr 29:19
    72%

    19And give my son Solomon an undivided heart to keep your commandments, your statutes, and your decrees, and to carry out all these plans, building the temple for which I have made preparations.

  • Prov 4:23
    72%

    23Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

  • Ps 119:34
    72%

    34Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law and observe it with all my heart.

  • Ps 119:37
    72%

    37Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 23:33
    71%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Prov 19:18
    71%

    18Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Prov 1:10
    71%

    10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Prov 4:6
    71%

    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Ps 119:10
    70%

    10With all my heart I seek You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.