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Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
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Maintain a Focused Gaze
Commentators agree that this verse is a command for unwavering spiritual focus. It calls for intentionally directing your attention forward on the path of righteousness, avoiding the distractions that lead to sin. Albert Barnes warns that a "wandering eye" is a direct result of an unguarded heart and leads to evil.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results when we do no…
19th Century
Anglican
Let thine eyes look right on: Compare the advice of Sirach 7:36, Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end,
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let your eyes look right on To the path of truth and holiness, without turning or looking to the right hand or left, as i…
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