Watchover your heartwith alldiligence,For from it [flow] the springsof life.
"The goodmanout of the goodtreasureof his heartbringsforthwhat is good;and the evil[man] out of the evil[treasure] brings forthwhat is evil;for his mouthspeaksfrom that which fillshis heart.
The one who guardshis mouthpreserveshis life;The one who openswidehis lipscomes to ruin.
"The heartis moredeceitfulthanallelse And is desperatelysick;Whocan understandit?
"For out of the heartcomeevilthoughts,murders,adulteries,fornications,thefts,false witness,slanders.
Listen,my son,and be wise,And directyour heartin the way.
He who trustsin his own heartis a fool,But he who walkswiselywill be delivered.
"Keepwatching and prayingthat you may not comeinto temptation;the spiritis willing,but the fleshis weak."
"Onlygiveheedto yourself and keepyour souldiligently,sothat you do not forgetthe thingswhichyour eyeshave seenand they do not departfrom your heartallthe daysof your life;but makethem knownto your sonsand your grandsons.
Seeto it that noonecomes shortof the graceof God;that norootof bitternessspringingup causes trouble,and by it manybe defiled;
"The beginningof wisdom[is]: Acquirewisdom;And with allyour acquiring,getunderstanding.
My son,let them not vanishfrom your sight;Keepsoundwisdomand discretion,
Thorns[and] snaresare in the wayof the perverse;He who guardshimselfwill be farfrom them.
A graciouswomanattainshonor,And ruthlessmenattainriches.
Thereis a grievousevil[which] I have seenunderthe sun:richesbeing hoardedby their ownerto his hurt.
"But the things that proceedout of the mouthcomefrom the heart,and thosedefilethe man.
But Jehuwas not carefulto walkin the lawof the LORD,the Godof Israel,with allhis heart;he did not departfrom the sinsof Jeroboam,whichhe made Israelsin.
The highwayof the uprightis to departfrom evil;He who watcheshis waypreserveshis life.
