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20 My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or, above all that thou guardest

20 The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver:
The heart of the wicked is little worth.

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20 Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil;
But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

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30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart;
And good tidings make the bones fat.

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16 The plans of the heart belong to man;
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

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Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah:
Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

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21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent;
And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;
But the correction of fools is their folly.
23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.

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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

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22 A cheerful heart [a]is a good medicine;
But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:22 Hebrew causeth good healing.