15 my son, (A)do not walk in the way with them;
    (B)hold back your foot from their paths,

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15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)

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101 I (A)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.

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101 I have kept my feet(A) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.(B)

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Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man[a]
    who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
    nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one(A)
    who does not walk(B) in step with the wicked(C)
or stand in the way(D) that sinners take(E)
    or sit(F) in the company of mockers,(G)

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27 (A)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

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27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(A)
    keep your foot from evil.

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17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,

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17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
    turn away from it and pass on.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.

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I do not (A)sit with men of (B)falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
I (C)hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.

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I do not sit(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.(B)
I abhor(C) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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Keep your way far from her,
    and do not go near the door of her house,

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Keep to a path far from her,(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,

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10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
    they have not restrained their feet;
(A)therefore the Lord does not accept them;
    (B)now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins.”

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10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(A)
So the Lord does not accept(B) them;
    he will now remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(D)

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Leave (A)your simple ways,[a] and (B)live,
    (C)and walk in the way of insight.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple

Leave your simple ways and you will live;(A)
    walk in the way of insight.”(B)

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