Proverbs 4:23

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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

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  • Luke 6:45 : 45 A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. 23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Mark 14:38 : 38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom. Though it costs you all you have, gain understanding.
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.
  • Prov 11:16 : 16 A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain wealth.
  • Eccl 5:13 : 13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:20-22
    3 verses
    83%

    20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

    21 Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.

    22 For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.

  • Prov 4:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

    25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

    26 Consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.

  • Prov 4:4-7
    4 verses
    73%

    4 he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'

    5 Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

    6 Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

    7 Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom. Though it costs you all you have, gain understanding.

  • Prov 4:13
    73%

    13 Hold tightly to instruction; do not let it go. Guard it well, for it is your life.

  • Matt 6:21
    72%

    21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  • Prov 23:26
    72%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

    23 Whoever guards their mouth and tongue keeps themselves from troubles.

  • Jer 17:9
    71%

    9 The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?

  • Prov 3:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

    22 They will be life to your soul and grace to your neck.

  • Prov 22:18
    71%

    18 For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

  • Luke 12:34
    71%

    34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Prov 16:23
    71%

    23 The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning.

  • Prov 2:11
    71%

    11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 7:3
    71%

    3 Tie them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 13:3
    71%

    3 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

  • Prov 6:21
    71%

    21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

  • Prov 14:30
    70%

    30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  • Ps 34:13
    70%

    13 Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • Prov 3:1
    70%

    1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • Prov 3:3
    70%

    3 Let lovingkindness and truth never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 7:25
    69%

    25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 7:1
    69%

    1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.

  • Prov 3:8
    69%

    8 This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

  • Prov 15:4
    69%

    4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Matt 15:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

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

    19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

  • Luke 6:45
    69%

    45 A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  • Prov 23:12
    69%

    12 Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 27:23
    69%

    23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

  • Ps 141:3
    69%

    3 Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.

  • Prov 5:2
    68%

    2 So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Ps 17:4
    68%

    4 Concerning what people do, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

  • Prov 3:5
    68%

    5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

  • Prov 6:24
    68%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

  • Prov 18:21
    68%

    21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 23:7
    68%

    7 For as he thinks within himself, so is he. He says to you, 'Eat and drink,' but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 16:17
    68%

    17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

  • Prov 23:16
    68%

    16 Yes, my inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 22:5
    68%

    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.

  • Prov 16:1
    68%

    1 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

  • Prov 19:8
    68%

    8 The one who acquires wisdom loves life, and the one who cherishes understanding will prosper.

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