Guardar o coração
Guardar o coração é o mandamento mais urgente de Provérbios. Sobre tudo o que se deve guardar, guarda o teu coração, porque dele procedem as fontes da vida.
Sobre tudo, guarda o coração
O coração é a nascente de tudo — pensamentos, desejos, decisões. Guardá-lo é proteger toda a vida espiritual e emocional.
It is very important that you be careful about what you think,
because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.
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My son, heed what I say to you,
and allow what I do to be an example for you.
More advice to Solomon’s son
My son, do not forget what I have taught you.
Keep my commands in your inner being,
because if you obey them you will live a long time and things will go well for you
Similarly, good people will conduct their lives in a good way because they think a lot of good things, and evil people will live in an evil way because they think a lot of evil things. The basic principle is that people speak and act according to all that they think."
Coração puro e renovado
Cria em mim um coração puro, ó Deus. Os puros de coração verão a Deus — e o Espírito renova nosso interior.
O God, cause my inner being to be pure.
Put new thoughts within me and make me faithful again.
God is pleased with people who think only about that which pleases him;
some day they will be where God is and will see him.
God, search my inner being;
find out what I am thinking!
Find out whether there is anything evil in my inner being,
and lead me along the road that leads to my being with you forever.
Yahweh, examine what I have done and test me;
thoroughly evaluate what I think [IDM].
I never forget that you faithfully love me,
I conduct my life according to your truth.
You know what I think, even at night;
you have examined what I say and do,
and you know that I have determined to never tell any lies.
I have not done like others do;
I have always done what is right [IDM],
and I have not acted cruelly toward others.
I have always done what you told me to do [IDM],
I have ◄never failed to do/always done► [LIT] those things.
God, I have complete confidence [DOU] in you.
I will sing to you,
and I will praise you while I sing.
Guardar com a Palavra
Não vos conformeis com este mundo. A Palavra de Deus guardada no coração nos protege do pecado e nos direciona.
Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you should act. Instead, let God change your way of life by making your way of thinking new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do. That is, you will know what is good, and you will know what pleases God, and you will know how to be all that he wants you to be.
Make sure to habitually read to the people some of the laws that God gave Moses. Meditate on those laws every day and every night. And be sure to obey all those laws. If you do that, you will be successful in everything that you do [DOU].
I try to serve you with my entire inner being;
do not allow me to ◄wander away from obeying/disobey► ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.
I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised►
in order that I will not sin against you.
You must love him with all your inner being and with all that you feel and with all that you do. Never forget [IDM] these commands that I am giving to you today.
Moses/I said, "Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
Vigilância e paz
A paz de Deus guarda nossos corações em Cristo Jesus. Chegai-vos a Deus, purificai os corações — e Ele estará convosco.
Do not worry about anything. Instead, in every situation, pray to God, tell him what you need, and ask him to help you [DOU]. Also thank him for what he does for you. As a result, God will enable you not to worry about anything [MTY] (OR, God will protect your minds in every way) [PRS]. That is, he will cause you to have inner peace because you have a relationship with Christ Jesus. You will not be able to understand [PRS] how you can be so peaceful in such difficult circumstances!!
Come near spiritually to God, and as a result he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good [SYN, MET]. You who cannot decide whether you will ◄commit yourselves to God/obey God completely►, stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts [MTY].
Similarly, you also should wait patiently and trust the Lord Jesus firmly, because he is coming back soon and will judge all people fairly.
Be constantly wanting what is associated with heaven.
You now are alive spiritually, and it is as though you were given new life {God caused you to become alive} when he caused Christ to become alive again. So be constantly wanting what is associated with heaven [MTY], where Christ is. There God has given him supreme authority and the highest honor.