Proverbs 1:10
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 1:10
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 My son, if sinners lure you,
do not go along with them.
Proverbs 4:23-27
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Proverbs 4:23-27
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 Above all else, guard your heart carefully,
because your life flows from it.
24 Turn your mouth away from perverted speech,
and keep devious lips far away from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Let your gaze[a] be directly in front of you.
26 Make a level pathway for your feet,
and all your ways will be secure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or the left.
Turn your feet away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:25 Literally your eyelids
Proverbs 10:9
Legacy Standard Bible
9 He (A)who walks in integrity walks securely,
But (B)he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
Proverbs 10:9
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 Whoever walks with integrity walks safely,
but whoever follows crooked ways will be found out.
Proverbs 11:5-6
Legacy Standard Bible
5 The (A)righteousness of the blameless will make his way straight,
But (B)the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the treacherous will (C)be captured by their own desire.
Proverbs 11:5-6
Evangelical Heritage Version
5 The righteousness of honest people makes their way smooth,
but because of his wickedness a wicked person falls.
6 The righteousness of upright people rescues them,
but treacherous people are trapped by their own desire.
Proverbs 14:12
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 14:12
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but in the end it is the road to death.
Proverbs 14:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 A wise man fears and (A)turns away from evil,
But a fool gets angry and feels secure.
Proverbs 14:16
Evangelical Heritage Version
16 A wise person fears and turns from evil,
but a fool is rash and overconfident.
Proverbs 14:22
Legacy Standard Bible
22 Will they not wander in error who (A)devise evil?
But lovingkindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan to do good find mercy and truth.
Proverbs 15:3
Legacy Standard Bible
3 The (A)eyes of Yahweh are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:3
Evangelical Heritage Version
3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
watching evil people as well as the good.
Proverbs 16:6
Legacy Standard Bible
6 By (A)lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the [a](B)fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence
Proverbs 16:6
Evangelical Heritage Version
6 Through mercy and truth, guilt is atoned for,
and through the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.
Proverbs 16:17
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:17 Or life
Proverbs 16:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 The highway followed by upright people turns away from evil.
The person who guards his way preserves his life.
Proverbs 19:21
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:21 Or plans
Proverbs 19:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that will prevail.
Proverbs 21:15
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:15 Lit gladness
Proverbs 21:15
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 It is a joy for a righteous person to practice justice,
but destruction waits for those who practice evil.
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