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22 For they are life to those who find them
    and healing to the entire body.[a]
23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,
    for from it comes the source[b] of life.
24 Remove from yourself deceitful speech,[c]
    and abolish devious talk[d] from yourself.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:22 Literally “for all his flesh”
  2. Proverbs 4:23 Or “extremity”
  3. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “crookedness of mouth”
  4. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “deviousness of lips”

22 for they are life to those who find them
    and health to one’s whole body.(A)
23 Above all else, guard(B) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(C)
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
    keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

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