Saying 18

26 My son,(A) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(B)

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26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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Blessed(A) are those who keep his statutes(B)
    and seek him(C) with all their heart—(D)

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Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

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How can a young person stay on the path of purity?(A)
    By living according to your word.(B)
10 I seek you with all my heart;(C)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(D)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart(E)
    that I might not sin(F) against you.

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Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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Love(A) the Lord your God with all your heart(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(C)

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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.(A) 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.(B)

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37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

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25 Let your eyes(A) look straight ahead;
    fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(B)
    and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(C)
    keep your foot from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)

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23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,

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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts(A) through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted(B) and established in love,

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17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(B) but for him who died for them(C) and was raised again.

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14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

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Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold(A) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.(B)

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He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

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26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A)

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26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

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Who is wise?(A) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(B)
The ways of the Lord are right;(C)
    the righteous walk(D) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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