Proverbs 4:23
With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
In Context
22For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.
24Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:7The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence.
Proverbs 13:3He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.
Proverbs 22:5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward 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… Read the whole commentary →