Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Proverbs 23:26 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 26. 26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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Quick Meaning
This verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways”.
Read It With
- Proverbs 23:26–28
Follow Proverbs 23:26–28, not verse 23:26 alone. This line contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways”, while the complete unit distinguishes a normal moral direction from a guaranteed outcome.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Here the saying contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways”, moving Proverbs 23:26–28 from its opening observation toward its reviewed close.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways”
In plain language: family teaching, responsibility, and mutual care
This verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways”.
Why it matters: This wording gives the verse its distinct role inside the cluster.
How certain? strongWhat Remains True
Family relationships can transmit wisdom and responsibility, but their authority remains accountable to truth, safety, and justice. In Proverbs 23:26, that bounded truth is expressed through “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways,” not through a promise detached from its literary form.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice mutual listening, clear expectations, dependable care, and boundaries that protect every member's dignity and safety. For Proverbs 23:26, preserve the sequence: verse role (contributes the claim, image, or instruction “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways”) -> contextual meaning in Proverbs 23:26–28 -> proportionate truth -> this accountable response.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Proverbs 23:26–28 — Family teaching, responsibility, and mutual care — My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe...Sources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
This sentence saying states a context-shaped moral pattern. Its small-cluster boundary and degree of generality remain reviewable; exceptional outcomes do not make the observation meaningless or turn it into a guarantee.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, canonical order, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: Proverbs 23:26–28, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Proverbs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology used only for the exact unit's lexical, grammatical, parallel, superscription, number-saying, and acrostic questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Prov.xml, OSIS 23:26-23:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Proverbs with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, lexical, grammatical, syntactic, parallelism, and older-English controls for the exact range.
Exact location: NET Bible Proverbs PDF, printed pp. 1152-1156, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 23:26–28
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