Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. | Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. |
My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. | My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. |
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Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life. | Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. |
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. | For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart. | My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. |
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. |
Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.”’ | Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. |
Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. | Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. |
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. | You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. |
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. | So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. |
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. | Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. |
Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. | Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. |
What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar. | What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. |
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one. | I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one. |
As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man. | As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. |
I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. | I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules. |
So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. | So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. |
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. | For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. |
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. | But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. |
Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! |
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! | Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! |
A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. | A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. |
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility. | Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. |