Proverbs 4:25 (WEB)
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Fathers and councils · 5
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Look right on with thine eyes, and there is no lust. [Keep thine own, and] seize not the things of others, and robbery has ceased.” — editor's note: Prov. iv. 25.
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Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“He “looks right on” who has thoughts free of passion; and he has true judgments, who is not in a state of excitement about external appearances.” — editor's note: Ch. iv. 25.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Let us enlighten our eyes, that we may look straight on, and not bear in ourselves any harlot idol through curious and busy sight; for even though we might not worship lust, yet our soul would be defiled.” — editor's note: Prov. iv. 25.
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Gregory the Great
“And again, Let thine eyelids go before thy steps (Prov. iv. 25).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““Let thine eyes look straight, and thine eyelids wink right.”” — editor's note: Prov. iv. 25.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.16.