Proverbs 4:25-27
New International Version
Proverbs 4:25-27
New King James Version
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.
Proverbs 4:25-27
King James Version
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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Proverbs 4:25-27
English Standard Version
25 (A)Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 (B)Ponder[a] the path of your feet;
(C)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (D)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 4:25-27
New American Standard Bible
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your [a]gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 [b](A)Watch the path of your feet,
And all your (B)ways will be established.
27 (C)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
(D)Turn your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:25 Or eyelids
- Proverbs 4:26 I.e., prob. stay on the path
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