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Proverbs 4:23

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Proverbs 4:23 — Meaning and Application

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“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}”

Proverbs 4:23

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Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

For they {are} life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. {health: Heb. medicine}

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

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Proverbs 4:1

"Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding."

Proverbs 4:2

"For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law."

Proverbs 4:3

"For I was my father's son, tender and only {beloved} in the sight of my mother."

Proverbs 4:4

"He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."

Proverbs 4:5

"Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth."

Proverbs 4:6

"Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee."

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