Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
World English Bible British
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 their whole body.
24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
Proverbs 28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. 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 →