Proverbs 4:20-21

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²⁰^(A)My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹^(B)Let them not escape from your sight;
^(C)keep them within your heart.

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Proverbs 4:23

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²³Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for ^(A)from it flow ^(B)the springs of life.

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Proverbs 10:20

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²⁰The tongue of the righteous is ^(A)choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

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Proverbs 12:20

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²⁰Deceit is in the heart of ^(A)those who devise evil,
but those who plan peace have joy.

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Proverbs 15:13

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¹³^(A)A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
but by ^(B)sorrow of heart the spirit is ^(C)crushed.

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Proverbs 15:15

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¹⁵All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but ^(A)the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

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Proverbs 15:30

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³⁰^(A)The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
and ^(B)good news refreshes^[a] the bones.

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Proverbs 15:30 Hebrew makes fat

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Proverbs 16:1-2

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16 The plans of the heart belong to man,
but ^(A)the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
²^(B)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
but the Lord ^(C)weighs the spirit.^[a]

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Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits

Proverbs 16:5

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⁵Everyone who is arrogant in heart is ^(A)an abomination to the Lord;
^(B)be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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Proverbs 16:21-23

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²¹The wise of heart is called discerning,
    and sweetness of speech ^(A)increases persuasiveness.
²²Good sense is ^(B)a fountain of life to him who has it,
    but the instruction of fools is folly.
²³^(C)The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
    and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

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Proverbs 17:3

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³^(A)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
^(B)and the Lord tests hearts.

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Proverbs 17:22

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²²^(A)A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit ^(B)dries up the bones.

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Proverbs 18:12

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¹²^(A)Before destruction a man's heart is haughty,
but ^(B)humility comes before honor.

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Proverbs 18:14

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¹⁴A man's spirit will endure sickness,
but ^(A)a crushed spirit who can bear?

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Proverbs 19:3

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³When a man's folly ^(A)brings his way to ruin,
his heart ^(B)rages against the Lord.

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Proverbs 19:20

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²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in ^(A)the future.

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Proverbs 20:5

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⁵The purpose in a man's heart is like ^(A)deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Proverbs 20:27

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²⁷^(A)The spirit^[a] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
^(B)searching all ^(C)his innermost parts.

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Proverbs 20:27 Hebrew breath

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Proverbs 21:1-2

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21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he ^(A)turns it wherever he will.
²^(B)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the Lord ^(C)weighs the heart.

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Proverbs 22:11

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¹¹He who ^(A)loves purity of heart,
and whose ^(B)speech is gracious, ^(C)will have the king as his friend.

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Proverbs 23:12

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¹²Apply your heart to instruction
and your ear to words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 24:11-12

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¹¹^(A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
¹²If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    ^(B)does not he who ^(C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who ^(D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man ^(E)according to his work?

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Proverbs 24:17-18

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¹⁷^(A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
¹⁸lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.

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Proverbs 24:19-20

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¹⁹^(A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
and be not ^(B)envious of the wicked,
²⁰for the evil man has no ^(C)future;
^(D)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.