Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 + 4:22 Or, healing. health to all their flesh.
24Remove from you a froward mouth, and put far away from you unjust lips.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:3He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
Proverbs 22:5Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.
Proverbs 28:26He that trusts to a bold heart, such an one is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him?
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 →