Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Revised Version 1895
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 unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Cross References
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
Proverbs 4:7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.
Proverbs 13:3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: 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 →