Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
— Proverbs 4:23
The Bible has no verse about dating apps, and it does not need one — its relationship verses are about character, purity, and who you become beside the person you choose. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Proverbs 4:23 to Hebrews 13:4.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about dating here is Proverbs 4:23: "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Proverbs 22:25 follows close behind: "Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
Proverbs 22:25
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
Proverbs 31:30
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
Song of Solomon 4:7
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
1 Thessalonians 4:3
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
Genesis 2:18
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor prefer one another,
Romans 12:10
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Hebrews 13:4
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