10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
    do not consent.

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10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for (A)from it flow (B)the springs of life.
24 Put away from you (C)crooked speech,
    and put (D)devious talk far from you.
25 (E)Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26 (F)Ponder[a] the path of your feet;
    (G)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (H)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,
    for from it comes the source[a] of life.
24 Remove from yourself deceitful speech,[b]
    and abolish devious talk[c] from yourself.
25 May your eyes look forward[d]
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26 May the path of your foot be balanced
    and all your ways be sure.
27 Do not swerve right or left;
    remove your foot from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or “extremity”
  2. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “crookedness of mouth”
  3. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “deviousness of lips”
  4. Proverbs 4:25 Or “opposite”

(A)Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked (B)will be found out.

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Whoever walks in integrity[a] will walk securely,
    but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

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  1. Proverbs 10:9 Hebrew “in the integrity”

The righteousness of the blameless (A)keeps his way straight,
    but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
(B)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous (C)are taken captive by their lust.

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The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will save them,
    but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

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12 (A)There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but (B)its end is the way to death.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:12 Hebrew ways of death

12 There is a way that seems upright to[a] a man,
    but its end is the way of death.

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  1. Proverbs 14:12 Literally “to the face of”

16 (A)One who is wise is cautious[a] and (B)turns away from evil,
    but a fool is reckless and careless.

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  1. Proverbs 14:16 Or fears [the Lord]

16 The wise is cautious and turns from evil,
    but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.

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22 Do they not go astray who (A)devise evil?
    Those who devise good meet[a] (B)steadfast love and faithfulness.

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show

22 Have they not erred, those who plan evil?
    But loyalty and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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(A)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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In every place, the eyes of Yahweh
    keep watch over the evil and the good.

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By (A)steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by (B)the fear of the Lord one (C)turns away from evil.

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By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,[a]
    and by fear of Yahweh one turns[b] from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or “atoned for”
  2. Proverbs 16:6 Literally “turning”

17 The highway of the upright (A)turns aside from evil;
    whoever guards his way preserves his life.

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17 The highway of the upright, it turns from evil,
    he who guards himself[a] keeps his way.

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  1. Proverbs 16:17 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (B)it is the purpose of the Lord (C)that will stand.

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21 Many plans are in the heart[a] of a man,
    but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

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  1. Proverbs 19:21 Or “mind”

15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
    (A)but terror to evildoers.

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15 It is a joy to the righteous to do justice,
    but dismay to those who do evil.

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