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19 Bible Verses About Guarding Your Heart

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  • Proverbs 4:23 tells a son to guard his heart “above all else,” and the verses after it turn that into care of the mouth, the eyes and the feet.
  • Jesus locates what defiles a person in the heart, in answer to a question about eating with unwashed hands (Matthew 15:1-20).
  • Where the NIV reads “those who trust in themselves” in Proverbs 28:26, the King James Version reads “He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.”
  • The guard in Philippians 4:7 translates phroureo, the verb used for the guarding of Damascus in 2 Corinthians 11:32, and the peace of God is what stands guard.
  • Psalm 51:10 asks God to create a pure heart, and Ezekiel 36:26 promises a heart of flesh in place of a heart of stone.

The Bible tells people to guard the heart because everything they do flows from it (Proverbs 4:23). Jesus traces speech and sin back to the heart (Luke 6:45; Matthew 15:18-19), Jeremiah 17:9 warns that it deceives, and Philippians 4:7 names the guard: “the peace of God.” Psalm 51:10 asks for a pure heart, and Ezekiel 36:26 promises a new one. In the Bible the heart includes thought as well as feeling. Hebrews 4:12 speaks of “the thoughts and attitudes of…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

The alternative renderings of Proverbs 4:23 and Proverbs 28:26 in the reflections are from the King James Version.

Strong’s Greek 5432, φρουρέω (phroureo): to guard, protect, keep watch over; used of the guarding of Damascus in 2 Corinthians 11:32. biblehub.com/greek/5432

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