Proverbs 4:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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  • Luke 6:45 : 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
  • Mark 14:38 : 38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take 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 sons' sons;
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.
  • Prov 11:16 : 16 A gracious woman retains honor, and strong men retain riches.
  • Eccl 5:13 : 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 4:20-22
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    83%

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

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

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

  • Prov 4:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

    26Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.

  • Prov 4:4-7
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    73%

    4He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

    5Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.

    6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 4:13
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    13Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your 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 son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

  • Prov 3:21-22
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    21My son, let them not depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

    22So they will be life to your soul, and grace to your neck.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

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

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Prov 7:3
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    3Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Prov 6:21
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    21Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them around your neck.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 3:1
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    1My son, do not forget my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 3:3
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    3Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart:

  • Prov 7:25
    69%

    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Prov 7:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 3:8
    69%

    8It shall be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    69%

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Prov 23:12
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    12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

  • Prov 3:5
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    5Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and do not lean on your own understanding.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Prov 18:21
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    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 16:1
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    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.