Proverbs 4:23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:45 : 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.
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart. 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
  • Mark 7:21-23 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. 23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.”
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! 24 See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
  • Prov 23:19 : 19 Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires. 15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Mark 14:38 : 38 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant 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.
  • Prov 4:7 : 7 Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.
  • Heb 12:15 : 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 it many become defiled.
  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
  • Prov 11:16 : 16 A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.
  • Eccl 5:13 : 13 Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

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  • Prov 4:20-22
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    20My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

    22for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.

  • Prov 4:24-26
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

  • Prov 4:4-7
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    4he taught me, and he said to me:“Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

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

    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 4:13
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    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

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

  • Prov 23:26
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    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Prov 23:19
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    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

  • Prov 3:21-22
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    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

    22So they will become life for your soul, and grace around your neck.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

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

  • Prov 16:23
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    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

  • Prov 2:11
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    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 7:3
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    3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

  • Prov 6:21
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    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Prov 3:1
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    1Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

  • Prov 3:3
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    3Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 7:1
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    1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

  • Matt 15:18-19
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    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

    19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45The 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.

  • 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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    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Ps 141:3
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    3O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

  • Prov 5:2
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    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Ps 17:4
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    4As for the actions of people– just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.

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

  • Prov 6:24
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

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

  • Prov 23:7
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    7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“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 turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 16:1
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    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.