Proverbs 4:21 (BSB)

Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

From Proverbs 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 4:21

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 4:20-27: Solomon, having warned us not to do evil, here teaches us how to do well. It is not enough for us to shun the occasions of sin, but we must study the methods of duty. I. We must have a continual regard to the word of God and endeavour that it may be always ready to us. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 4:21: 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...
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 4:20-22: 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.