Proverbs 4:23
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:7
“The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom [it is preeminent]!
And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation].
Matthew 12:34-35
Luke 6:45
Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
Matthew 15:19
Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only pay attention and watch yourselves closely 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. Make them known to your children and your grandchildren [impressing these things on their mind and penetrating their heart with these truths]—
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
Proverbs 3:21
My son, let them not escape from your sight,
But keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Proverbs 11:16
A gracious and good woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches [but not respect].
Proverbs 13:3
The one who guards his mouth [thinking before he speaks] protects his life;
The one who opens his lips wide [and chatters without thinking] comes to ruin.
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate [for their lack of honor and their wrong-doing traps them];
He who guards himself [with godly wisdom] will be far from them and avoid the consequences they suffer.
Proverbs 23:19
Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way [of the Lord].
Proverbs 28:26
He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,
But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.
Mark 7:21-23
Mark 14:38
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Keep
With all diligence
General references
Bible References
Keep
Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate [for their lack of honor and their wrong-doing traps them];
He who guards himself [with godly wisdom] will be far from them and avoid the consequences they suffer.
Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way [of the Lord].
He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,
But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
With all diligence
“The beginning of wisdom is: Get [skillful and godly] wisdom [it is preeminent]!
And with all your acquiring, get understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation].
My son, let them not escape from your sight,
But keep sound wisdom and discretion,
A gracious and good woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches [but not respect].
The one who guards his mouth [thinking before he speaks] protects his life;
The one who opens his lips wide [and chatters without thinking] comes to ruin.