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Proverbs 1:10
Modern English Version
Proverbs 1:10
Modern English Version
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.
Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 1:10
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10 My son, if sinners entice thee,
Consent thou not.
Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 4:23-27
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Proverbs 4:23-27
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23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
and put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look right on,
and let your eyelids look straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet,
and let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or to the left;
remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:23-27
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Proverbs 4:23-27
American Standard Version
23 Keep thy heart [a]with all diligence;
For out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth,
And perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 [b]Make level the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be [c]established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:23 Or, above all that thou guardest
- Proverbs 4:26 Or, Weigh carefully
- Proverbs 4:26 Or, ordered aright
Proverbs 4:23-27
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Proverbs 4:23-27
New International Version
23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.(B)
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes(C) look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(D)
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(E)
keep your foot from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 10:9
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Proverbs 10:9
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9 He who walks uprightly walks surely,
but he who perverts his ways will be known.
Proverbs 10:9
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Proverbs 10:9
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9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely;
But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 10:9
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Proverbs 10:9
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Proverbs 11:5-6
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Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the upright will direct his way,
but the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.
Proverbs 11:5-6
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Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the perfect shall [a]direct his way;
But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them;
But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:5 Or, make straight (or, plain)
Proverbs 11:5-6
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Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(C)
Proverbs 14:12
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Proverbs 14:12
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12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 14:12
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Proverbs 14:12
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12 There is a way which [a]seemeth right unto a man;
But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:12 Or, is straight before
Proverbs 14:12
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Proverbs 14:12
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Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 A wise man fears and departs from evil,
but the fool rages and is self-confident.
Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:16
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16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;
But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:16
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Proverbs 14:22
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Proverbs 14:22
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22 Do they not err who devise evil?
But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:22
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Proverbs 14:22
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22 [a]Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:22 Or, Shall they not go astray
Proverbs 14:22
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Proverbs 14:22
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Proverbs 15:3
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Proverbs 15:3
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3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:3
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Proverbs 15:3
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3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place,
Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:3
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Proverbs 15:3
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Proverbs 16:6
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Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:6
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Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:6
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Proverbs 16:6
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