Proverbs 4:23
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23 Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
Luke 6:45
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45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
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Matthew 12:34-35
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34 You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. 35 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.
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Mark 7:21-23
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21 For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
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Psalm 139:23-24
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Proverbs 13:3
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3 Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
opening your mouth can ruin everything.
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
Matthew 15:19
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19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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Proverbs 23:19
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19 My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
Proverbs 28:26
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26 Those who trust their own insight are foolish,
but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.
Mark 14:38
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38 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
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James 1:14-15
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14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
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Deuteronomy 4:9
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9 “But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
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Proverbs 4:7
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7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
Proverbs 3:21
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21 My child, don’t lose sight of common sense and discernment.
Hang on to them,
Proverbs 22:5
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5 Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road;
whoever values life will avoid it.
Proverbs 11:16
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16 A gracious woman gains respect,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
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13 There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.
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