Proverbs 4:23

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Summary

Proverbs 4:23

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

Keep

With all diligence

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For

General references

Exodus 35:21

Bible References

Keep

Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.

You, my child, hear and be wise, and direct your heart on the road

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

"However, {take care} for yourself and watch your inner self closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to {your grandchildren}.

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

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?

Stay awake and pray that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak!"

Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

With all diligence

The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all [that is in] your possession, gain insight.

My child, may they not escape from your {sight}; may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.

A woman of grace receives honor, but the ruthless gets wealth.

He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth {hoarded} by its owner to his harm.

For

The good person from his good treasury brings out good [things], and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil [things].

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.

General references

And they came--every man whose heart lifted him and every man whose spirit impelled him--they brought Yahweh's contribution for the work of the tent of assembly and for all its service and for the holy garments.