Proverbs 4:23 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 4:23-27 MSG (The Message)
Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.
Proverbs 4:23 KJV (King James Version)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NCV (New Century Version)
Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
Proverbs 4:23 ASV (American Standard Version)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NIV (New International Version)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23 NKJV (New King James Version)
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23 NLT (New Living Translation)
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:23 TPT (The Passion Translation)
So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.