Proverbs 4:23
Above all that is to be guarded, keep thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.
Leeser Tanakh
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 every one of those that find them, and to all his body a healing.
24Remove from thee frowardness of mouth; and perverseness of lips put away far from thee.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts:
Proverbs 4:7The beginning of wisdom is, Acquire wisdom: and with all thy acquisition acquire understanding.
Proverbs 13:3He that watcheth his mouth guardeth his soul; but he that openeth wide his lips [prepareth] himself destruction.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are on the way of a perverse man: he that doth guard his soul will keep far from them.
Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own sense is a fool; but whoso walketh in wisdom, will ever escape.
Jeremiah 17:9Deceitful is the heart above all things, and sick: 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 →