Proverbs 3:21 (WEB)

Passage

My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

Proverbs 3:20 By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

Proverbs 3:21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 3:22 so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.

Proverbs 3:23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "depart", "eyes", "keep", "sound", "wisdom", and "discretion". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "depart" and "eyes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "By his knowledge the depths were broken..." into verse 22's "so they will be life to your...", so "depart" and "eyes" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "depart" and "eyes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.