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23 With all vigilance guard your heart,
    for in it are the sources of life.
24 [a]Dishonest mouth put away from you,
    deceitful lips put far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead
    and your gaze be focused forward.
26 Survey the path for your feet,
    and all your ways will be sure.

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  1. 4:24–27 In vv. 20–21 the faculties of hearing (ear) and seeing (eye) take in the teaching and the heart stores and ponders it, so in the second half of the poem, vv. 24–27, the faculties of speech, sight, and walking enable the disciple to put the teaching into practice.

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.
26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(D)
    and be steadfast in all your ways.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level