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

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10 My son, if sinners entice you,(A)
don’t be persuaded.(B)

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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 Guard your heart above all else,[a]
for it is the source of life.(A)
24 Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,(B)
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.
25 Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze[b] straight ahead.(C)
26 Carefully consider the path[c] for your feet,(D)
and all your ways will be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right or to the left;(E)
keep your feet away from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or heart with all diligence
  2. Proverbs 4:25 Lit eyelids
  3. Proverbs 4:26 Or Clear a path

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

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The one who lives with integrity lives securely,(A)
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.(B)

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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 blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

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

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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 A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,(A)
but a fool is easily angered and is careless.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:16 Or and falls

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?(A)
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.(B)

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

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The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.(A)

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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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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence

Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,(A)
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.(B)

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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 highway of the upright(A) avoids evil;
the one who guards his way protects his life.(B)

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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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  1. Proverbs 19:21 Or plans

21 Many plans are in a man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(A)

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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 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.(A)

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