Proverbs 4:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu did not take care, so that he might walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. For he did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam, who had caused Israel to sin.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman shall discover glory. And the robust will have wealth.

Proverbs 13:3

Whoever guards his mouth guards his soul. But whoever gives no consideration to his speech shall experience misfortunes.

Proverbs 16:17

The path of the just turns away from evils. He who guards his soul preserves his way.

Proverbs 22:5

Weapons and swords are on the way of the perverse. But he who guards his own soul withdraws far from them.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your soul along the way.

Proverbs 28:26

Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool. But whoever treads wisely, the same shall be saved.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?

Matthew 15:18

But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart go out evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray, so that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Luke 6:45

A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good. And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Deuteronomy 4:9

And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,

Hebrews 12:15

Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,