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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,
    turn your back on them!

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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 Guard your heart above all else,
    for it determines the course of your life.

24 Avoid all perverse talk;
    stay away from corrupt speech.

25 Look straight ahead,
    and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;
    stay on the safe path.
27 Don’t get sidetracked;
    keep your feet from following evil.

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

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People with integrity walk safely,
    but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.

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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 godly are directed by honesty;
    the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

The godliness of good people rescues them;
    the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

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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 path before each person that seems right,
    but it ends in 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 The wise are cautious[a] and avoid danger;
    fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:16 Hebrew The wise fear.

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

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22 If you plan to do evil, you will be lost;
    if you plan to do good, you will receive unfailing love and faithfulness.

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

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The Lord is watching everywhere,
    keeping his eye on both 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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Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin.
    By fearing the Lord, people avoid evil.

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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 path of the virtuous leads away from evil;
    whoever follows that path is safe.

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

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21 You can make many plans,
    but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.

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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 Justice is a joy to the godly,
    but it terrifies evildoers.

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