24 A man's (A)steps are from the Lord;
    how then can man understand his way?

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24 A person’s steps are directed(A) by the Lord.(B)
    How then can anyone understand their own way?(C)

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23 (A)I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
    that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

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Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.(A)

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(A)The heart of man plans his way,
    but (B)the Lord establishes his steps.

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In their hearts humans plan their course,
    but the Lord establishes their steps.(A)

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12 Who is the man who fears the Lord?
    Him (A)will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

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12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?(A)
    He will instruct them in the ways(B) they should choose.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:12 Or ways he chooses

23 The (A)steps of a man are (B)established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;

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23 The Lord makes firm the steps(A)
    of the one who delights(B) in him;

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(A)Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.

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Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.(A)

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28 for

(A)“‘In him we live and move and have our being’;[a]

as even some of (B)your own poets have said,

“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:28 Probably from Epimenides of Crete
  2. Acts 17:28 From Aratus's poem “Phainomena”

28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[a](A) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus

23 but you have lifted up yourself against (A)the Lord of heaven. And (B)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (C)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (D)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (E)whose are all your ways, (F)you have not honored.

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23 Instead, you have set yourself up against(A) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives(B) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.(C) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life(D) and all your ways.(E)

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The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,
    but the folly of fools is deceiving.

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The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,(A)
    but the folly of fools is deception.(B)

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Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
    and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
But he (D)does not so intend,
    and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
    and to cut off nations not a few;

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I send him against a godless(A) nation,
    I dispatch(B) him against a people who anger me,(C)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(D)
    and to trample(E) them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,(F)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.

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