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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
    don’t consent.

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10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)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 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For (A)from it flow the springs of life.
24 Rid yourself of a (B)deceitful mouth
And (C)keep devious [a]speech far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your [b]gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 (D)[c]Watch the path of your feet,
And all your (E)ways will be established.
27 (F)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
(G)Turn your foot from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:24 Or lips
  2. Proverbs 4:25 Or eyelids
  3. Proverbs 4:26 I.e., prob. stay on the path

He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
    but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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One (A)who walks in integrity walks securely,
But (B)one who perverts his ways will be found out.

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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 (A)righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But (B)the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will (C)be caught by their own greed.

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

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

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16 A wise person [a]is cautious and (A)turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:16 Lit fears

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

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22 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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The (A)eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Watching 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 (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for

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 (A)highway of the upright is to turn away from evil;
One who watches his way protects his [a]life.

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  1. Proverbs 16:17 Lit soul

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

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21 Many (A)plans are in a person’s heart,
But the (B)advice of the Lord will stand.

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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 The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,
But (A)terror to those who practice injustice.

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