Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Majority Standard Bible
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 who find them, and health to the whole body.
24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Proverbs 28:26He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand 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 →