Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart safe and guard it with all diligence, 1 for from it flow the springs of life. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
In Context
22For my words are life to those who find them 1 and health to their whole body. 1
24Put crooked speech away from you 1 and put corrupt talk far from you. 1
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Examine me, God, and know my heart; 1 test me and know my thoughts. 1
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is the most important thing, so acquire wisdom 1 and spend all you own so you can get understanding. 1
Proverbs 13:3The one who guards his mouth protects his life, 1 but the one who opens wide his lips will ruin himself. 1
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; 1 whoever guards his life will keep far from them. 1
Proverbs 28:26One who trusts in his own heart is a fool, 1 but whoever walks in wisdom will keep away from danger. 1
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is more deceitful than anything else. It is sick; who can understand it? 1
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 →