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10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)Do not be willing.

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10 My son, don’t let sinners entice you.
    Don’t go

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23 Guard your heart with all diligence,
For (A)from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you a (B)perverse mouth
And (C)put devious lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And even let your eyelids be fixed straight in front of you.
26 (D)Watch the track of your feet
And all your (E)ways will be established.
27 (F)Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
(G)Turn your foot from evil.

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23 More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it.
24 Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth;
    keep devious lips far from you.
25 Focus your eyes straight ahead;
    keep your gaze on what is in front of you.
26 Watch your feet on the way,
    and all your paths will be secure.
27 Don’t deviate a bit to the right or the left;
    turn your feet away from evil.

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

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Those who walk in innocence walk with confidence,
    but those on crooked paths will be found out.

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The (A)righteousness of the blameless will make his way straight,
But (B)the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the treacherous will (C)be captured by their own desire.

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The righteousness of the innocent makes their path straight,
    but the wicked fall in their wickedness.
Those who do right are saved by their righteousness,
    but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.

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12 There (A)is a way which seems right to a man,
But its (B)end is the way of death.

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12 There is a path that may seem straight to someone,
    but in the end it is a path to death.

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16 A wise man fears and (A)turns away from evil,
But a fool gets angry and feels secure.

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16 The wise are careful and avoid evil,
    but fools become excited and overconfident.

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22 Will they not wander in error who (A)devise evil?
But lovingkindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
    Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.

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The (A)eyes of Yahweh are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.

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The Lord’s eyes are everywhere,
    keeping watch on evil and good people.

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By (A)lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the [a](B)fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence

Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt;
    the fear of the Lord turns away evil.

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17 The (A)highway of the upright is to turn away from evil;
He who guards his way keeps his [a]soul.

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  1. Proverbs 16:17 Or life

17 The road of those who do right turns away from evil;
    those who protect their path guard their lives.

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21 Many [a](A)thoughts are in a man’s heart,
But it is the (B)counsel of Yahweh that will stand.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:21 Or plans

21 Many plans are in a person’s mind,
    but the Lord’s purpose will succeed.

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15 To do justice is [a]pleasure for the righteous,
But is (A)ruin to the workers of iniquity.

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  1. Proverbs 21:15 Lit gladness

15 Acting justly is a joy to the righteous,
    but dreaded by those who do evil.

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