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Verse Proverbs 4:23. _KEEP THY HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE_] "Above all
keeping," guard thy heart. He who knows any thing of himself, knows
how apt his affections are to go astray.
_FOR OUT OF IT_ ARE...
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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 spe...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_
2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10)
3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20)...
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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 out o...
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_with all diligence_ Lit. _above all keepings_, that is bestowed on
aught beside. πάσῃ φυλακῇ, LXX. _Omni custodia_, Vulg.
Others, with R.V. marg., _above all that thou guardest_; "præ omnibus
rebus c...
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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
our ut...
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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
he...
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TEXT Proverbs 4:20-27
20.
My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22.
For they are life unt...
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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 version, by...
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Watch over the inner life of thought and feeling; on it prosperity
depends (1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 15:19)....
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ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS
In Proverbs 4:1 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 handed do...
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Wise words are like medicine. They benefit every part of our bodies....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 4
V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction.
As you listen to me, you will understand more....
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We should be careful about our thoughts. We should love good things
and hate evil things....
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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 holy...
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מִֽ כָּל ־מִ֭שְׁמָר נְצֹ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ
כִּֽי ־מ֝
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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 with a...
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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 beautiful...
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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
own...
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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....
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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 al...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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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 ev...
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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, w...
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Pro. 4:23. "Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the
issues of life." It is probable here is an allusion to the blood's
issuing from the heart. The heart is the fountain of the blood,...
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_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. _O...
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Keep thy heart with all diligence, literally, "more than every object
of watching guard thy heart," the seat of moral life; for out of it
are the issues of life, as Jesus also points out, Matthew 12:3...
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WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
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WITH ALL DILIGENCE:
_ Heb._ above all keeping...
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14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to
compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou
love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a d...
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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 proceed
a...
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Proverbs 4:23 Keep H5341 (H8798) heart H3820 diligence H4929 issues
H8444 life H2416
Keep -...
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A GENERAL APPEAL TO HEAR HIS WORDS AND SAYINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH
REGARD TO HIS HEART, MOUTH, EYES AND FEET (PROVERBS 4:20).
Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take them to
hea...
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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 var...
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CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that
which recommends us to God, which be...
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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
ch...
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_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 of th...
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THE GUARDED HEART
Keep thy heart with all diligence. Proverbs 4:23;
Once upon a time there lived in Ceylon a king called Thossakin, and he
had a wonderful gift at least so the story says. He could t...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:20 The commands in vv. Proverbs 4:20 all
encourage making wisdom a vital part of one’s life. HEART in...
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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,” “outgoi...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 4:1
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 occurs again...
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Continuing to his son.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you
might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake
my law. For I was my father's son, ten...
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Deuteronomy 4:9; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Hebrews 12:15; James 1:14; Jame
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SACRED EXHORTATIONS
Proverbs 4:1
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
their fath...
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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....