Proverbs 4:22-23
Proverbs 4:20-27 The Message (MSG)
Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice. Keep my message in plain view at all times. Concentrate! Learn it by heart! Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they’re bursting with health. 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 4:22-23 King James Version (KJV)
For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 New Century Version (NCV)
They are the key to life for those who find them; they bring health to the whole body. Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 American Standard Version (ASV)
For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 New International Version (NIV)
for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:22-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For they are life to those who find them, And healing and health to all their flesh. Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 New Living Translation (NLT)
for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:22-23 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Then, as you unwrap my words, they will impart true life and radiant health into the very core of your being. 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.