Proverbs 4:23

Staying The Course

²² For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body.
²³ Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
²⁴ Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.

Issues of Life

Keep Watch

Wellspring of Life

Springs Of Life

Proverbs 4:7

“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

Matthew 12:34-35

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Luke 6:45

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let them not vanish from your sight;
Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches.

Proverbs 13:3

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

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards himself will be far from them.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.

Proverbs 28:26

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But he who walks wisely will be delivered.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

Mark 7:21-23

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Mark 14:38

Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.