3:3 Do not let truth and mercy leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4:4 he taught me, and he said to me:
“Let your heart lay hold of my words;
keep my commands so that you will live.
17:20 The one who has a perverse heart does not find good,
and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water;
he turns it wherever he wants.
22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
23:7 for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you;
25:13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
25:20 Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,
or like vinegar poured on soda,
so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.