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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
    don’t 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 diligence,
    for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
    Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead.
    Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Make the path of your feet level.
    Let all of your ways be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left.
    Remove your foot from evil.

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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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Footnotes

  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”

He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
    but he who perverts his ways 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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Footnotes

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

The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way,
    but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
    but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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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 There is a way which seems right to a man,
    but in the end it leads to death.

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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 wise man fears and shuns evil,
    but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

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

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22 Don’t they go astray who plot evil?
    But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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

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Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere,
    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 mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart 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 is to depart from evil.
    He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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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 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
    but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

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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 It is joy to the righteous to do justice;
    but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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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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