Pro 4:23 | JFB | STEP | 23. with all diligence —or, "above," or "more than all," custody (compare Margin ), all that is kept (compare ), because the heart is the depository of all wisdom and the source of whatever affects life and character ( ).

Proverbs 4:23

23. with all diligence—or, "above," or "more than all," custody (compare Margin), all that is kept (compare Eze 38:7), because the heart is the depository of all wisdom and the source of whatever affects life and character (Mt 12:35; 15:19).