Proverbs 4:23
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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.(A)
Luke 6:45
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45 The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil, for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.(A)
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Matthew 12:34-35
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34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(A) 35 The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.
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Mark 7:21-23
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21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
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Proverbs 13:3
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3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.(A)
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?(A)
Matthew 15:19
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19 For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.(A)
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Proverbs 23:19
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19 Hear, my child, and be wise,
and direct your mind in the way.
Proverbs 28:26
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26 Those who trust in their own wits are fools,
but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.
James 1:14-15
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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.(A)
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Mark 14:38
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38 Keep awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial;[a] the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:9
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9 “But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children(A)—
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)
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Proverbs 4:7
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7 The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom,
and whatever else you get, get insight.(A)
Proverbs 3:21
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21 My child, do not let these escape from your sight:
keep sound wisdom and prudence,
Proverbs 22:5
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
the cautious will keep far from them.(A)
Proverbs 11:16
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16 A gracious woman gets honor,
but she who hates virtue is covered with shame.[a]
The timid become destitute,[b]
but the aggressive gain riches.(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:13
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13 There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,(A)
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