Proverbs · 2014. 3. 13. · Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the...

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Wednesday, August 3, 11


The Heart of the Matter


Proverbs: The Heart of the Matter

1. We must guard our hearts


Proverbs 4:23Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 7:25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,Do not stray into her paths.

Proverbs 14:16A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,But a fool is arrogant and careless.

Proverbs 18:1 He who separates himself seeks his own desire, He quarrels against all sound wisdom.Wednesday, August 3, 11

The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and

perturbations of love is Hell.” -- C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves




2. We must guide our hearts


Proverbs 23:12 Apply your heart to discipline

And your ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always.

Proverbs 23:19 Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.


Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?


“Healthy feelings, properly ordered among themselves, are essential to a good life.

So if we are to be formed in Christlikeness, we must take good care of our

feelings and not just let them ‘happen’.”

–Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart




2. We must guide our hearts

3. We must give our hearts


Proverbs 23:26 Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.


“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they

find their rest in thee.” ... St. Augustine, Confessions


Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body.


Ezekiel 36:24-28

For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.


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