Proverbs 4:24-27
The Message
23-27 Keep vigilant watch over your heart;
that’s where life starts.
Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth;
avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip.
Keep your eyes straight ahead;
ignore all sideshow distractions.
Watch your step,
and the road will stretch out smooth before you.
Look neither right nor left;
leave evil in the dust.
Proverbs 4:24-27
New International Version
24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
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