23 Above all else, guard your heart,

for everything you do flows from it.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;

For out of it are the issues of life.

23 Guard your heart above all else,

for it determines the course of your life.

23 Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

23 Be careful what you think,

because your thoughts run your life.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;

For out of it are the issues of life.

23 Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

23 Guard your heart more than anything else, 

because the source of your life flows from it. 

23 Guard your heart above all else,

for it is the source of life.

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,

for from it flow the springs of life.

23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,

for from it comes the source of life.

23 Above everything else, guard your heart.

It is where your life comes from.

23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,

For from it flow the springs of life.