26 My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.

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Saying 18

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

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Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the (A)whole heart!

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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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ב BETH

How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have (A)sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 (B)Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

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ב Beth

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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(A)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, (B)with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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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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37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 (B)And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

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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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25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your (A)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.

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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

23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of (A)life.

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

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Guidance for the Young

My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;

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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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17 (A)that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, (B)being rooted and grounded in love,

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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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14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that (A)if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, (B)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

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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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(A)He also taught me, and said to me:
“Let your heart retain my words;
(B)Keep my commands, and live.

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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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26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me (B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

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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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Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For (A)the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.

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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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