Proverbs 4:20-21
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20 My son, attend to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
keep them in the midst of your heart;
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 10:20
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20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 12:20
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20 Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil,
but to the counselors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 15:13
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13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance,
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:30
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30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
and a good report makes the bones healthy.
Proverbs 16:1-2
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16 The preparations of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit.
Proverbs 16:5
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5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:21-23
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21 The wise in heart will be called prudent,
and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it,
but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth,
and adds learning to his lips.
Proverbs 17:3
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3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tries the hearts.
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A merry heart does good like a medicine,
but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
and before honor is humility.
Proverbs 18:14
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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity,
but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 19:3
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3 The foolishness of man perverts his way,
and his heart frets against the Lord.
Proverbs 19:20
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20 Hear counsel and receive instruction,
that you may be wise in your latter days.
Proverbs 20:5
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5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:27
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27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the heart.
Proverbs 21:1-2
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21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 22:11
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11 He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king will be his friend.
Proverbs 23:12
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Saying Twelve
12 Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 If you refrain to deliver those who are drawn unto death,
and those who are ready to be slain;
12 if you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
does not He who ponders the heart consider it?
And He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs 24:17-18
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Saying Twenty-Eight
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him,
and He turn away His wrath from him.
Proverbs 24:19-20
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Saying Twenty-Nine
19 Do not fret because of evil men,
nor be envious of the wicked;
20 for there will be no reward to the evil man;
the candle of the wicked will be put out.
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