Proverbs 4:23 - The Message Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. American Standard Version (1901) Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. Common English Bible More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it. Catholic Public Domain Version Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it. |