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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
thou, my son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
, and guide
'ashar (Hebrew #833)
a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper
KJV usage: (call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: or rasher {aw-share'}
thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
g in the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
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Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)

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and guide.
Prov. 23:12,26• 12Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
 26My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:12,26)
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Prov. 4:10‑23• 10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
 11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
 13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:
 15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
 16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.
 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
 22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
 23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:10‑23)
in the way.That is "in the right way."
• {v.19-21} Intemperance in eating and drinking bespeaks a heart uncontrolled by wisdom. The Christian is bidden to be temperate in all things, that by sobriety and careful behavior he may commend the gospel of God, keeping under his body and bringing it into subjection, not being ruled by its carnal appetites. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.