Proverbs 4:23 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.

English ASV

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

English Amplified

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

English EASY 2024

Be very careful to keep your mind safe. The thoughts that you think make you the person that you are.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Above all, be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life.

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.

English KJV 1611

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

English LSB

Guard your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the springs of life.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

With closest custody, guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Above everything else, guard your heart. It is where your life comes from.

English NIV

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

English NKJ 1982

Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

English NLT

Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

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.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Above all else, guard your affections. For they influence everything else in your life.

English Tyndale 1537

Keep thine heart with all diligence, for there upon hangeth life.

Proverbs 4:23 — Compare Translations