Proverbs 4:23
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
מִשְׁמָר
Guard
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מִשְׁמָר
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
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לֵב
Heart
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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מוֹצָא
Issues
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מוֹצָא
a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)
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חַי
Life
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חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
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נָצַר
guard
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נָצַר
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
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מִן
are from/ it
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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תּוֹצָאָה
the sources of
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תּוֹצָאָה
(only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source
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