Verse List for PROV 4:23

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B I ◄ ← Prov 4:23 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Guard your mind and thoughts more than anything else, ⇔ → because the way you live all your life, bubbles out from your values.

OET-LV From_all guarding guard heart _of_your if/because from_him/it the_sources _of life.

ULT Guard your heart more than all, that is protected, ⇔ for from it, are the sources of life.

UST More than anything else, be extremely careful about what you think and desire, ⇔  because those things will control how you live.

BSB & MSB Guard your heart with all diligence, ⇔  for from it flow springs of life.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

CSB Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.

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

NIV Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

CEV Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.

ESV Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

NASB Watch over your heart with all diligence, For afrom it flow the springs of life.

LSB Guard your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

1ST Above everything that you keep watch over, preserve your mind, because from it things go out into life.

WEBBE & WMBB Keep your heart with all diligence, ⇔  for out of it is the wellspring of life.

MSG ^(23-27)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.

NET Guard your heart with all vigilance, ⇔ for from it are the sources of life.

LSV Above every charge keep your heart,
For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.

FBV Most of all, protect your mind, for everything in life flows from it.

T4T It is very important that you be careful about what you think, ⇔  because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.

LEB • With all vigilance, keep your heart,
• for from it comes the source[fn] of life.

NRSV Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

NKJV Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

NAB With all vigilance guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.

BBE And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Moff let your eyes look straight ahead, ⇔  gaze right in front of you;

JPS Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.

ASV Keep thy heart with all diligence; ⇔ For out of it are the issues of life.

DRA With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

YLT Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.

Drby Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

RV Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
(Keep thy/your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.)

SLT Guard thy heart with all watching, for from it the goings forth of life.

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

KJB-1769 ¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.[fn]
(¶ Keep thy/your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Keepe thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe.
(Keep thine/your heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth life.)

Gnva Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
(Keep thine/your heart with all diligence: for thereout cometh/comes life.)

Cvdl Kepe thine hert with all diligence, for there vpon hangeth life.
(Keep thine/your heart with all diligence, for there upon hangeth/hangs life.)

Wycl With al keping kepe thin herte, for lijf cometh forth of it.
(With all keeping keep thin heart, for life cometh/comes forth of it.)

Luth Behüte dein Herz mit allem Fleiß; denn daraus gehet das Leben.
(Protect your(s) heart with everything diligence; because/than from_it goes the life.)

ClVg Omni custodia serva cor tuum, quia ex ipso vita procedit.[fn]
(All custody serve/female_slave heart your(sg), because from himself life proceeds.)

UHB מִֽ⁠כָּל־מִ֭שְׁמָר נְצֹ֣ר לִבֶּ֑⁠ךָ כִּֽי־מִ֝מֶּ֗⁠נּוּ תּוֹצְא֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Πάσῃ φυλακῇ τήρει σὴν καρδίαν, ἐκ γὰρ τούτων ἔξοδοι ζωῆς.

BrTr Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.