Proverbs 4:23

Modern English Version

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart. He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman retains honor, but ruthless men attain riches.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright departs from evil; he who guards his way preserves his soul.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul will be far from them.

Proverbs 23:19

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

Proverbs 28:26

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

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let them not depart from your sight; keep sound wisdom and discretion,

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom, and with all your possessions, get understanding.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grave misery that I have observed under the sun: when riches were kept by an owner to his hurt,

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than all things and desperately wicked; who can understand it?

Matthew 15:18

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, and blasphemies.

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bears what is good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bears what is evil. For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life, but teach them to your sons, and your grandsons.

Hebrews 12:15

watching diligently so that no one falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up to cause trouble, and many become defiled by it,