'Guards' in the Bible

[On] the path to life is he who guards instruction, but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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

Righteousness guards people of integrity,but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Poverty and disgrace [belong to] him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored.

A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.

The highway of the upright avoids evil;the one who guards his way protects his life.

He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding [loves] to find good.

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

The one who guards his mouth and tonguekeeps himself out of trouble.

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

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,And he who faithfully protects and cares for his master will be honored.

When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.