Proverbs 4:23
Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;
Proverbs 4:7The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 13:3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; but for him that openeth wide his lips there shall be ruin.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward; he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall escape.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — 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 →