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25 Let your eyes look straight ahead
    and your gaze be focused forward.
26 Survey the path for your feet,
    and all your ways will be sure.
27 Turn neither to right nor to left,
    keep your foot far from evil.

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25 Let your eyes look directly forward,
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Take heed to[a] the path of your feet,
    then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

25 Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame. 26 (A)Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right. 27 Avoid evil and walk straight ahead. Don't go one step off the right way.

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25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your [a]gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 (A)[b]Watch the path of your feet,
And all your (B)ways will be established.
27 (C)Do not turn to the right or to the left;
(D)Turn your foot from evil.

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

25 Let your eyes(A) look straight ahead;
    fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet(B)
    and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(C)
    keep your foot from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level