Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:24
All sorts of sinful words, which proceed from and discover an evil heart. read more
Proverbs 4:24-27 Esv
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:25
Direct all thine actions by a good intention, to a right end, and keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to it, and neither look nor turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, as it follows, Proverbs 4:27. read more
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of thy feet; consider thine actions before thou doest them, and see that they agree with the rule. Let all thy ways be established; let thine actions be uniformly and constantly good in spite of all temptations to the contrary. Or, let thy ways be directed or disposed aright, as this Hebrew word signifies. Or, thy ways shall be established. So this is a promise to confirm the foregoing precept. If thou dost ponder them, thou mayst expect God’s blessing and good success in them. read more
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:27
Fly all extremes, and neither add to God’s commands, nor take from them. read more
Joseph Exell
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 4:20-27
CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 4:22. Health, or “healing.” Proverbs 4:23. “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.” Issues—“currents,” “outgoings.” Proverbs 4:24. Froward mouth, Lit., “distortion,” “crookedness.” Proverbs 4:26. Ponder, “make level, or straight.”NOTE ON Proverbs 4:20.—There is an aspect of sameness in these beginnings. But they are beginnings. One of the characteristics of Scripture is a division, like Childe Harold into... read more
William Nicoll
Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:24-27
Proverbs 4:24-27 First the fountain, then the streams; first the heart and then the life-course. The issues of life are manifold: three of their main channels are mapped out here the "lips," the "eyes," and the "feet." I. A froward mouth. The form of the precept, "put it away," reveals the secret of our birth. The evil is there at the first in every one. He who is free of it was born free. When a man would erect a temple to God within his own body the first effort of the builder is to clear the... read more
William Nicoll
Sermon Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:25
Proverbs 4:25 The rule of life, the comfort of life, the strength of life, the life of life, is, first to have an object, and then to live up to that object steadily and unquestioningly. A distinct, sufficient purpose, and a determined pursuit, give reality to life and make the man. I. The primary thing, then, is to have an object in life which will be (1) worthy of our being; (2) suited to our character; (3) attractive to our tastes. For if it fail in any one of these three things, it will not... read more
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Proverbs 4:25
Eyes Right A sermon (No. 2058) by C. H. Spurgeon “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.” Proverbs 4:25 . These words occur in a passage wherein the wise man exhorts us to take care of all parts of our nature, which he indicates by members of the body. “Keep thy heart,” says he “with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine... read more
Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27
Chapter 4Continuing to his son.Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother ( Proverbs 4:1-3 ).So Solomon now is speaking of his father David and of his mother Bathsheba. "Tender and beloved in the sight of his mother."Now he taught me ( Proverbs 4:4 )Now this would be David, his father. He taught me also, and said unto... read more
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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:20-27
A General Appeal To Hear His Words And Sayings, And Instructions With Regard To His Heart, Mouth, Eyes And Feet (Proverbs 4:20-27 ). Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take them to heart and keep them there because they offer life and health. They are therefore to watch over their hearts (and minds and wills), to put away careless or false words, to look straight ahead without deviation, and to watch where they put their feet on the path of life. They are not to turn to... read more