Proverbs 4:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:45 : 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good things: & an euill man out of an euill treasure, bringeth forth euill things.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceede euill thoughtes, adulteries, fornications, murthers, 22 Theftes, couetousnes, wickednes, deceite, vncleannes, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishnesse. 23 All these euill things come from within, and defile a man.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes, 24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shal be to him.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised. 15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
  • Mark 14:38 : 38 Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirite in deede is ready, but the flesh is weake.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 But take heede to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes:
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Take heede, that no man fall away from the grace of God: let no roote of bitternes spring vp and trouble you, lest thereby many be defiled.
  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
  • Prov 11:16 : 16 A gracious woman atteineth honour, and the strong men atteine riches.
  • Eccl 5:13 : 13 (5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:20-22
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    20My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.

    22For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.

  • Prov 4:24-26
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    77%

    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

    25Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyeliddes direct thy way before thee.

    26Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.

  • Prov 4:4-7
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    4When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

    5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

  • Prov 4:13
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    13Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life.

  • Matt 6:21
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    21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Prov 23:26
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    26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?

  • Prov 3:21-22
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    71%

    21My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.

    22So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

  • Luke 12:34
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    34For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • Prov 7:3
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    3Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shal be to him.

  • Prov 6:21
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    21Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

  • Prov 3:1
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    1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Prov 3:3
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    3Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.

  • Prov 7:1
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    1My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    18But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.

    19For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

  • Prov 23:12
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    12Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3Set a watch, O Lorde, before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my lips.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man.

  • Prov 3:5
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    5Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 18:21
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    21Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.

  • Prov 16:1
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    1The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.