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20 My child, pay attention to what I say.
    Listen carefully to my words.
21 Don’t lose sight of them.
    Let them penetrate deep into your heart,

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Staying the Course

20 My child, be attentive to my words;
    to my sayings incline your ear.
21 May they not escape from your sight;[a]
    keep them in the midst of your heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:21 Literally “eyes”

20 My son,(A) pay attention to what I say;
    turn your ear to my words.(B)
21 Do not let them out of your sight,(C)
    keep them within your heart;

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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 thine heart.

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23 Guard your heart above all else,
    for it determines the course of your life.

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23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,
    for from it comes the source[a] of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or “extremity”

23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)

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23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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20 The words of the godly are like sterling silver;
    the heart of a fool is worthless.

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20 Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness,
    a heart[a] of wickedness is of little worth.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 10:20 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 10:20 Literally “like a little”

20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

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

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20 Deceit fills hearts that are plotting evil;
    joy fills hearts that are planning peace!

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20 Deceit is in the heart[a] of those who plan[b] evil,
    but to those who plan[c] peace, there is joy.

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  1. Proverbs 12:20 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 12:20 Literally “the planners of”
  3. Proverbs 12:20 Literally “the planners of”

20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
    but those who promote peace have joy.(A)

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20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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13 A glad heart makes a happy face;
    a broken heart crushes the spirit.

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13 A heart[a] of gladness will make good countenance,[b]
    but in sorrow of heart[c] a spirit is broken.

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  1. Proverbs 15:13 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 15:13 Literally “faces”
  3. Proverbs 15:13 Or “mind”

13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful,(A)
    but heartache crushes the spirit.(B)

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13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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15 For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
    for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.

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15 All the days of the poor are hard,
    but goodness of heart[a] is a continuous feast.

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  1. Proverbs 15:15 Or “mind”

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
    but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.(A)

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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

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30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart;
    good news makes for good health.

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30 From the light of the eyes, the heart[a] will rejoice,
    and good news will enliven the bones.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 15:30 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 15:30 Hebrew “bone”

30 Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart,
    and good news gives health to the bones.(A)

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30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

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