“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”
In Hebrew thought, the heart was not primarily the seat of emotion — it was the center of the will, the mind, and moral decision-making. 'Keep your heart' is the instruction a father gives to a son in Proverbs 4 — a chapter addressed explicitly from father to child.
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