24 Put away from thee a crooked {perverse} mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:24Put away from thee a forward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Proverbs 4:23.Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Proverbs 4:26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Proverbs 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. The ever-recurring image of the straight road on which no one ever loses his way represents here as elsewhere the onward course through life of the man who seeks and finds wisdom.
