Proverbs 23:19

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.

Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:

He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

At that time, Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh. The fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.

She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”

Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

“But ask the animals, now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;

This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”