Proverbs 4:23,25
Proverbs 4:23-27 The Message (MSG)
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 4:23-27 The Message (MSG)
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 King James Version (KJV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:25 King James Version (KJV)
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
Proverbs 4:23 New Century Version (NCV)
Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
Proverbs 4:25 New Century Version (NCV)
Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good.
Proverbs 4:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:25 American Standard Version (ASV)
Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:23 New International Version (NIV)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:25 New International Version (NIV)
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
Proverbs 4:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
Proverbs 4:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
Proverbs 4:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
Proverbs 4:23 The Passion Translation (TPT)
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 4:25 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Set your gaze on the path before you. With fixed purpose, looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions.
Proverbs 4:23 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
