Proverbs 4:23

Staying The Course

²² For they are life to those who find them,
and health to one’s whole body.
²³ Guard your heart above all else,
for it is the source of life.
²⁴ Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

Issues of Life

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Wellspring of Life

Springs Of Life

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom.
And whatever else you get, get understanding.

Matthew 12:34-35

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Luke 6:45

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.

Proverbs 3:21

Maintain your competence and discretion.
My son, don’t lose sight of them.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman gains honor,
but violent men gain only riches.

Proverbs 13:3

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 22:5

There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;
the one who guards himself stays far from them.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.

Proverbs 28:26

The one who trusts in himself is a fool,
but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Mark 7:21-23

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

Mark 14:38

Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

James 1:14-15

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.