Guard your heart above all else. Life flows from it.

What it means

The heart in Hebrew is the center of thought and will, not only feeling. What you let in shapes everything that comes out. Protect it like a spring.

The source

"Guard your heart above all else. Life flows from it." Proverbs said it in Proverbs 4:23. Translated from the original Hebrew by Spartan Surfers.

"מִכָּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים׃"

Original Hebrew, Proverbs 4:23. Text read at github.com.

Who said it

The Hebrew Bible (c. 10th–5th century BC). Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah and the other books of wisdom and courage. Our translations from the Hebrew of the Leningrad Codex, with the King James wording alongside.

Questions

What does "Guard your heart above all else. Life flows from it." mean?

The heart in Hebrew is the center of thought and will, not only feeling. What you let in shapes everything that comes out. Protect it like a spring.

Who said "Guard your heart above all else. Life flows from it."?

Proverbs (c. 10th–5th century BC). Source: Proverbs 4:23.

What is the original Hebrew?

מִכָּל־מִשְׁמָר נְצֹר לִבֶּךָ כִּי־מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים׃. Translated from the original Hebrew by Spartan Surfers.

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"Guard your heart above all else. Life flows from it." (Proverbs, Proverbs 4:23, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/guard-your-heart-above-all-else-life-flows