Proverbs 4:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ 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)

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Common English Bible

²³ More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Preserve your heart with all watchfulness, for life proceeds from this.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

Proverbs 4:23 Cross References

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman retaineth honour: And violent men retain riches.

Proverbs 13:3

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thine heart in the way.

Proverbs 28:26

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion;

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: Yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: who can know it?

Matthew 15:18

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 6:45

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

Hebrews 12:15

looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;