Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. As the "ear" was mentioned in Proverbs 4:20, so the "eyes" and "heart" in this verse, as three avenues for the entrance of knowledge into the man. The eyes ought to be engaged in frequent reading of God's Word, as boys often look to their copy, and artists to their model. There may be allusion to Exodus 13:16, "It shall be for frontlets between thine eyes." "In the midst of thine heart," not merely at the door of it; like a treasure hidden in the innermost chamber of a house (Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 3:21; Deuteronomy 6:6).