Proverbs 4:23,27
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 4:27 King James Version (KJV)
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
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 4:27 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:23 New Century Version (NCV)
Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
Proverbs 4:27 New Century Version (NCV)
Don’t turn off the road of goodness; keep away from evil paths.
Proverbs 4:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:27 American Standard Version (ASV)
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:23 New International Version (NIV)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:27 New International Version (NIV)
Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:27 New King James Version (NKJV)
Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Do not turn away to the right nor to the left [where evil may lurk]; Turn your foot from [the path of] evil.
Proverbs 4:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.
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 4:27 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked for even a moment or take the detour that leads to darkness.
Proverbs 4:23 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
