Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.”

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.

Darby Translation

Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

Young's Literal Translation

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.

Bible in Basic English

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

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Cross references

“Keep”

Jeremiah 17:9 Proverbs 23:19 Proverbs 28:26 Mark 14:38 Deuteronomy 4:9 Hebrews 12:15

Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Proverbs 23:19 · BSB

Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

Proverbs 28:26 · BSB

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

Mark 14:38 · BSB

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Deuteronomy 4:9 · BSB

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchil…

Hebrews 12:15 · BSB

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

“with all diligence”

Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 4:7 Proverbs 3:21 Proverbs 11:16 Ecclesiastes 5:13

Proverbs 13:3 · BSB

He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 4:7 · BSB

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

Proverbs 3:21 · BSB

My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

Proverbs 11:16 · BSB

A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 · BSB

There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

“for”

Mark 7:21–23 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 12:35 James 1:14 James 1:15

Mark 7:21–23 · BSB

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

Matthew 15:19 · BSB

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Matthew 12:35 · BSB

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

James 1:14 · BSB

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

James 1:15 · BSB

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Also

Luke 6:45 Matthew 12:34–35

Luke 6:45 · BSB

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:34–35 · BSB

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

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