Proverbs 4:23
Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
In Context
22For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
24Turn aside 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 4:7The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 13:3Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!
Proverbs 22:5Thorns — snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
Proverbs 28:26Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
Jeremiah 17:9Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth 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 →