Proverbs 23:26 Cross References - NSB

²⁶ My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep my ways.

⁵ »You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with your entire mind and with all your strength.

⁴³ Let those who think they are wise pay attention to these things so they will understand the loving kindness of Jehovah.

² Blessed are those who obey his written word. They seek him with all their heart.

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word. ¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. ¹¹ Your word I have treasured in my heart that I may not sin against you.

¹ My son, do not forget my law. Let your heart obey my commandments.

⁴ Father taught me. He said: »Remember my words in your heart. Obey my commandments and live.

²³ Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it come the source of life.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Let you own eyes gaze (be fixed) straight in front of you. ²⁶ Ponder the path of your feet. Let all your ways be established (firm). ²⁷ Do not turn to the right or to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

⁹ Let the wise understand these things. Let the discerning know them. For the ways of Jehovah are right. And the righteous will walk in them. But transgressors will stumble in them.

³⁷ »He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ »Anyone who does not pick up his stake and follow me is not worthy of me.

²⁶ »You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels us to judge, that one died for all and therefore all died. ¹⁵ He died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for their sakes and rose again.

⁵ This is not as we hoped. First they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

¹⁷ May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith to the end that you will be rooted and grounded in love.

¹⁹ We have the word of prophecy made sure (steadfast) (firm)! You do well that you pay attention [to God’s Word] as you would to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.