Proverbs 4:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ Watch over your heart with all diligence, For out of it are the sources 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.

Proverbs 4:23 Cross References

2 Kings 10:31

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Proverbs 11:16

A woman showing favour obtains esteem, But ruthless men obtain riches.

Proverbs 13:3

He who watches over his mouth guards his being, But he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the straight Is to turn away from evil; He who guards his life watches over His way.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns, snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his life keeps far away from them.

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 28:26

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely is delivered.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let them not depart from your eyes; Watch over sound wisdom and discretion;

Proverbs 4:7

“The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom! And with all your getting, get understanding.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sickly evil I have seen under the sun: riches kept for their owner, for his evil.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?

Matthew 15:18

“But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and these defile the man.

Matthew 15:19

“For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.

Mark 14:38

“Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 6:45

“The good man brings forth what is good out of the good treasure of his heart, and the wicked man brings forth what is wicked out of the wicked treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart his mouth speaks.

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only, guard yourself, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the Words your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children and your grandchildren.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of the favour of Elohim, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, by which many become defiled,