Proverbs 4:25

Study note

Setting — The wisdom teacher addresses a student or son in a continuous moral instruction, placing this command between directives on speech and on walking.

The words — עֵינֶיךָ ('Ei.nei.kha) means "your eyes," and יַיְשִׁירוּ (yay.shi.ru) literally commands them to "look straight" or remain level.

The thread — The motif of directed vision appears in Job 31:1 where a man covenants with his eyes, in Psalm 119:37 where eyes are turned from worthless things, and in Matthew 6:22 where the eye determines the body’s light.

Why it lands — The text commands the reader to fix visual attention forward without deviation, requiring deliberate focus to match the parallel instructions on guarding speech and leveling one’s steps.

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