Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
BSB
ASV
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
KJV
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
My son, give me thine heart - This is the speech of God to every human soul; give thy affections to God, so as to love him with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength. And let thine eyes observe my ways - Be obedient to me in all things. My son, thou believest that I Am, and that I Am the Fountain of all good. Give me thy heart; it is I alone who can make thee happy. Observe my ways - follow me; do what is right in my sight. This exhortation contains three words: Believe, Love, Obey!
1834–1892
THESE are the words of Solomon speaking in the name of Wisdom, which wisdom is but another name for the Lord Jesus Christ, who is made of God unto us Wisdom. If you ask, "What is the highest wisdom upon the earth?" it is to believe in Jesus Christ whom God has sent—to become His follower and disciple—to trust Him and imitate Him. It is God, in the Person of His dear Son, who says to each one of us, "My son, give Me your heart." Can we answer, "Lord, I have given You my heart"?
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The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
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Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
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You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.