Proverbs 4:26-27
English Standard Version
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 4:26-27
International Standard Version
26 Carefully measure[a] the paths for your feet,
and all your ways will be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:26 Lit. Weigh
Proverbs 15:26
English Standard Version
Proverbs 15:26
International Standard Version
26 To the Lord evil plans are detestable,
but pleasant words are pure.
Proverbs 16:2
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits
Proverbs 16:2
International Standard Version
2 Everything a person does seems pure in his own opinion,
but the Lord weighs intentions.
Proverbs 16:9
English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:9
International Standard Version
9 A person plans his way,
but the Lord directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:25
English Standard Version
25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
Proverbs 16:25
International Standard Version
Advice to the Wise
25 There is a road that seems right for a man to travel,[a]
but in the end it’s the road to death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:25 The Heb. lacks to travel
Proverbs 16:33
English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:33
International Standard Version
33 The dice is cast into someone’s lap,
but the outcome is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:2
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:2 Or A soul
Proverbs 19:2
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:2 Lit. good for an ignorant soul
- Proverbs 19:2 Lit. whoever hurries with his feet
Proverbs 19:21
English Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 19:21
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:21 Lit. heart
- Proverbs 19:21 Or will be established
Proverbs 20:22
English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:22
International Standard Version
22 Don’t say “I’ll avenge that wrong!”
Wait on the Lord and he will deliver you.
Proverbs 21:27
English Standard Version
27 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
how much more (B)when he brings it with evil intent.
Proverbs 21:27
International Standard Version
27 What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable—
how much more when he offers it with vile motives!
Proverbs 24:8-9
English Standard Version
8 Whoever (A)plans to do evil
will be called a schemer.
9 (B)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
and (C)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming
Proverbs 24:8-9
International Standard Version
8 The person who plans on doing evil
will be called a schemer.
9 To devise folly is sin,
and people detest a scoffer.
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