22. They are life The pure words of the instructor are healthful and life-giving; a healing medicine for all the woes which flesh is heir to. Compare Proverbs 3:8, and Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 3:16; Proverbs 4:13. read more
23. Keep Guard. Thy heart with all diligence Literally, above all keeping or guarding. More than any thing else guard thy heart, for out of it are the issues (goings forth, or currents) of life. As the living stream issues from the physical heart in its normal, healthy condition, to vitalize and nourish every part of the body, so from the pure healthy heart ( tropically) go forth good feelings, purposes, thoughts, words, and actions, all of which, as they spring from the inner life... read more
24. A froward mouth… perverse lips Swerving from truth and purity, all lying, prevarication, deceitful and wrong discourse of every kind. read more
25. Eyelids look straight Rather, be straight or level. A caution against all insincerity of word or conduct. Comp. Proverbs 6:13; Proverbs 10:10; Matthew 6:22-23. read more
26. Ponder The word means, first, to make level; secondly, to weigh; and then, metaphorically, to consider, deliberate. Some render, Make smooth or straight the path, etc. The sense is, Consider well thy undertakings; examine thoroughly beforehand, whether they are right and proper; so shalt thou have confidence in the rectitude of thy conduct and in the providential ordering of the result. Compare Psalms 119:133; Hebrews 12:13. read more
27. Turn not… right hand nor to the left Let nothing turn thee aside from the path of virtue, honesty, and fair dealing; of morality and religion. Temptations will be many and various, but whenever the seemingly plausible, pleasurable, or profitable evil is presented to thy thought, instantly reject it and turn away from it. Some versions, as the Septuagint, add here the following: “For God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked. And he will make thy ways... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:21
21. In the midst of thine heart In the very centre of thy affections or mind. read more