Proverbs 4:23

A Conservative Version

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

Cross References

Luke 6:45

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 28:26

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

Mark 14:38

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

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 to thy sons and thy son's sons--

Hebrews 12:15

Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom [is] the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 3:21

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

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns [and] snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman obtains honor, and aggressive men obtain riches.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches [were] kept by the owner of it to his hurt.

Matthew 15:18

But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man.

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu did not take heed to walk in the law of LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.