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23 Be very careful to keep your mind safe. The thoughts that you think make you the person that you are.

24 Never tell lies or try to deceive other people.

25 Look straight in front of you to see clearly where you are going.

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23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
    keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes(C) look straight ahead;
    fix your gaze directly before you.

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23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of (A)life.
24 Put away from you a [a]deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:24 devious

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for (A)from it flow (B)the springs of life.
24 Put away from you (C)crooked speech,
    and put (D)devious talk far from you.
25 (E)Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.

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