The Meaning of Proverbs 23:26 Explained

Proverbs 23:26

KJV: My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

YLT: Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Darby: My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

ASV: My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My son,  give  me thine heart,  and let thine eyes  observe  my ways. 

What does Proverbs 23:26 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:26 mean?

Give My son your heart me and your eyes my ways - Let observe
תְּנָֽה־ בְנִ֣י לִבְּךָ֣ לִ֑י וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ דְּרָכַ֥י [תרצנה] (תִּצֹּֽרְנָה‪‬)

תְּנָֽה־  Give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בְנִ֣י  My  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לִבְּךָ֣  your  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
לִ֑י  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ  and  your  eyes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, cdc, second person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
דְּרָכַ֥י  my  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
[תרצנה]  - 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
(תִּצֹּֽרְנָה‪‬)  Let  observe 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.