Proverbs 4:23 · KJV
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}”
— Proverbs 4:23
For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}
Proverbs 4 — Context
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Cross References
Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:34-35
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Mark 7:21-23
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: {covetousness...: Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses}
Psalms 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.