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Where is “Guard your heart” in the Bible?

“Guard your heart” is Proverbs 4:23. A father says it to his son in Proverbs.

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It is Proverbs 4:23.

Yes, it is in the Bible.

A father says it to his son in Proverbs.

The verse

More than anything else you guard, guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life.
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What it means there

In the Bible the heart is the center of a person: thought, will and desire together. The verse says everything in a life flows from it, so it needs guarding more than anything else.

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Where is “Guard your heart” in the Bible?

“Guard your heart” is Proverbs 4:23. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. A father says it to his son in Proverbs.

Is “Guard your heart” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Proverbs 4:23. In the Lumin Translation, Proverbs 4:23 reads: “More than anything else you guard, guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life.”

Who said “Guard your heart”?

A father says it to his son in Proverbs.

What does “Guard your heart” mean in the Bible?

In the Bible the heart is the center of a person: thought, will and desire together. The verse says everything in a life flows from it, so it needs guarding more than anything else.

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