Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
King James Version
World English Bible (WEB)
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
What this verse means
Everything flows from the heart, so guarding it is not optional maintenance.
A short prayer
Lord, help me guard my heart today — what I watch, want, and dwell on.
Read in context — Proverbs 4
21Let 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.
23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Related verses
“The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”Exodus 14:14
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”Ezekiel 36:26
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20
“The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.”Habakkuk 3:19
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”Hebrews 11:1