"A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2
The Bible has always made an important division between right and left: It was from God's right hand that His law came (Deut. 33:2). It is at His right hand that His children will stand, but those who are condemned will stand at His left (Matt. 25:31-46). It is the right hand that does good, but the left must not know about the good, lest the left make a show of it for pride's sake (Matt. 6:1-4). God spared Nineveh, amongst other reasons, for the sake of the 120,000 children, who could not "discern between their right hand and their left hand," i.e., were morally innocent (Jonah 4:11). It is at the right hand of God that our Lord sits (Mark 16:19).
Whatever is in the right hand is esteemed, moral, and commendable; what ever is in the left is condemned, immoral, and despicable. Apparently, it is the wise man that treats his heart as something that should be treasured, but the fool is one who cares not for his heart.
It is the heart of man that is defiled (Jer. 17:9) and defiles the man (Matt.19, 20). However, it is the heart that God came to change (Jer. 24:7; Ezek. 11:19). It is with your heart that you love God (Matt. 22:37), and it is with the heart that you believe unto salvation (Rom. 10:8-10).
The heart of man is of great interest to God, which is probable why His says to guard it: "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Pro. 4:23). Do not play the fool with your heart; wisely guard it in your right hand as something valuable, something irreplaceable.
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