26 (A)Ponder[a] the path of your feet;
    (B)then all your ways will be sure.
27 (C)Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

26 Carefully consider the path[a] for your feet,(A)
and all your ways will be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right or to the left;(B)
keep your feet away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Clear a path

26 (A)The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)gracious words are pure.

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26 The Lord detests the plans of an evil man,
but pleasant words are pure.(A)

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(A)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the spirit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit weighs spirits

(A)The heart of man plans his way,
    but (B)the Lord establishes his steps.

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A man’s heart plans his way,
but the Lord determines his steps.(A)

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25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death

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

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33 (A)The lot is cast into the lap,
    but its every decision is (B)from the Lord.

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33 The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.(A)

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Desire[a] without knowledge is not good,
    and whoever (A)makes haste with his feet misses his way.

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Or A soul

Even zeal is not good without knowledge,(A)
and the one who acts hastily[a] sins.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Lit who is hasty with feet

21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (B)it is the purpose of the Lord (C)that will stand.

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

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22 Do not say, (A)“I will repay evil”;
    (B)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

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22 Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”(A)
Wait on the Lord,(B) and He will rescue you.(C)

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27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
    how much more (B)when he brings it with evil intent.

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27 The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—
how much more so
when he brings it with ulterior motives!(A)

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Whoever (A)plans to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
(B)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
    and (C)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

The one who plots evil(A)
will be called a schemer.
A foolish scheme is sin,
and a mocker is detestable to people.

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