Proverbs 4:23–24

The Weight of Parental Counsel.

WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS. — V. 23. Keep thy heart with all diligence, literally, “more than every object of watching guard thy heart,” the seat of moral life; for out of it are the issues of life, as Jesus also points out, Matt. 12, 35; 15, 19. V. 24. Put away from thee a froward mouth, deceitful and malicious speaking, and perverse lips, those misdirected toward evil, put far from thee.