Proverbs 4:23
Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Proverbs 4:7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
Proverbs 13:3Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
Proverbs 22:5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
Proverbs 28:26Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe 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 →