Proverbs 4:26-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 Keep straight the path of your feet,
and all your ways will be sure.(A)
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.(B)
Proverbs 4:26-27
New Living Translation
26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;
stay on the safe path.
27 Don’t get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil.
Proverbs 4:26-27
New International Version
Proverbs 4:26-27
King James Version
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 15:26
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26 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
but gracious words are pure.(A)
Proverbs 15:26
New Living Translation
26 The Lord detests evil plans,
but he delights in pure words.
Proverbs 15:26
New International Version
Proverbs 15:26
King James Version
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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Proverbs 16:2
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2 All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit.(A)
Proverbs 16:2
New Living Translation
2 People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their motives.
Proverbs 16:2
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Proverbs 16:2
King James Version
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
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Proverbs 16:9
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9 The human mind plans the way,
but the Lord directs the steps.(A)
Proverbs 16:9
New Living Translation
9 We can make our plans,
but the Lord determines our steps.
Proverbs 16:9
New International Version
9 In their hearts humans plan their course,
but the Lord establishes their steps.(A)
Proverbs 16:9
King James Version
9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
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Proverbs 16:25
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25 Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right,
but in the end it is the way to death.(A)
Proverbs 16:25
New Living Translation
25 There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.
Proverbs 16:25
New International Version
Proverbs 16:25
King James Version
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Proverbs 16:33
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33 The lot is cast into the lap,
but the decision is the Lord’s alone.
Proverbs 16:33
New Living Translation
33 We may throw the dice,[a]
but the Lord determines how they fall.
Footnotes
- 16:33 Hebrew We may cast lots.
Proverbs 16:33
New International Version
Proverbs 16:33
King James Version
33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
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Proverbs 19:2
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2 Desire without knowledge is not good,
and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
Proverbs 19:2
New Living Translation
2 Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
haste makes mistakes.
Proverbs 19:2
New International Version
2 Desire without knowledge is not good—
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(A)
Proverbs 19:2
King James Version
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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