Proverbs 4:23-26

A Father's Wise Instruction

²³ Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for _o from it flow _p the springs of life.
²⁴ Put away from you _q crooked speech,
and put _r devious talk far from you.
²⁵ _s Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
²⁶ _t Ponder ₁ the path of your feet;
_u then all your ways will be sure.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 12:35
   The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 16:11
   You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:12
   A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech.
   
4. Cross References
   Proverbs 2:15
   Men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
   
5. Cross References
   Hebrews 12:2
   Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
   
6. Cross References
   Proverbs 5:6
   She does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
   Proverbs 5:21
   For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
   Hebrews 12:13
   And make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 119:5
   Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!