Proverbs 4:23–27

⁴⁵A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

³⁴O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

³He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

⁹¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

²⁶He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

³⁸Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

¹⁴But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

¹⁵Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

⁹Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

¹⁵Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

⁷Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

²¹¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

¹⁶A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

¹³There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

²⁵Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

²⁷Neither give place to the devil.

²⁸Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

²⁹Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

³⁰And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

¹²¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

¹WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

²¹Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

⁵Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

²⁰He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

¹⁴If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

³¹¶ Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

³⁷Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

²²The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

¹I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

³³Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

⁵Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

¹³And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

⁵O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

³But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

⁵Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

⁷¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

⁵⁹I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

¹³To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

⁶Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

³²Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

⁷Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

¹⁴And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

³²What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

¹⁶¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.