Proverbs 4:23

New English Translation

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.

Proverbs 11:16

A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.

Proverbs 13:3

The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

Proverbs 28:26

The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

Proverbs 3:21

My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Jeremiah 17:9

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Mark 14:38

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.