“ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. ”
Better, as in the margin, i. e., with more vigilance than men use over anything else. The words that follow carry on the same similitude. The fountains and wells of the East were watched over with...
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of (k) life. (k) For as the heart is either pure or corrupt, so is the whole course of man's life.
Keep... with all diligence. Above all that must be guarded. The preposition. (hebrew character) marks the place or person that keeps: the meaning being, guard the heart as the great citadel, for ou...
DISCOURSE: 764 KEEPING THE HEART Proverbs 4:23 . Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life . IT is certainly of infinite importance that we be deeply convinced of...
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Keep thy heart with all diligence - "Above all keeping," guard thy heart. He who knows any thing of himself, knows how apt h...
Keep thy heart with all diligence— Above all keeping keep thy heart. Schultens. The life and death of the soul proceed from the heart: an upright, clear, enlightened, watchful heart gives life; a...
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Keep thy heart with all [ mikaal ( H3605 )] diligence. The Hebrew for "with" is so translated, as in the English...
Ancestral Wisdom. The Two Paths In Proverbs 4:1-9 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was h...
Keep thy heart with all diligence. — Rather, above all things that are to be guarded. For out of it are the issues of life. — That is, from it comes life (and also death). From it proceed “all...
CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins...
Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc ., Proverbs 4:18 . We may compare this b...
In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his ow...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to a...
Keep thy heart with all diligence ,.... The mind from vanity, the understanding from error, the will from perverseness, the conscience clear of guilt, the affections from being inordinate and set on...
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life. Ver. 23. Keep thy heart. ] Filth free, as much as may be; keep a constant counterguard against all inroads made by flesh,...
Keep thy heart with all diligence The Hebrew is, Above all keeping, keep thy heart , that is, thy mind and thoughts, thy will and affections, which are the more immediate cause of men's actions....
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from...
Thy heart; thy mind and thoughts, and especially the will and affections, which are the more immediate and effectual cause of all men's actions. Out of it are the issues of life; from thence proc...
A General Appeal To Hear His Words And Sayings, And Instructions With Regard To His Heart, Mouth, Eyes And Feet ( Proverbs 4:20-27 ). Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take th...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:22 . Health , or “healing.” Proverbs 4:23 . “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.” Issues —“currents...
Proverbs 4:23 I. The meaning which a reader of the English only would affix to these words, amounts to this that on the state of the heart depends the character of the man. The issues of life, the...
Proverbs 4:1 . Hear, ye children, a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his...
Keep thy heart with all diligence. Heart-keeping The great defect in our system of education is that it turns a man away from himself. Many a schoolboy can describe the continents and islands o...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 4:1-20 7. Seventh admonitory discourse. We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which...
Warning against Wickedness
Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Ecclesiastes 5:13 ; Hebrews 12:15 ; James 1:14 ; James 1:15 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Mark 14:38 ; Mark 7:21-23 ; Matthew 12:35 ; Matthew 15:19 ; Proverbs 22:5 ; Proverbs 23:19...
Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to t...
Heart — Thy thoughts, will, and affections. For — From thence proceed all the actions, as of the natural, so of the spiritual life, which lead to eternal life.