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26 (A)Watch the track of your feet
And all your (B)ways will be established.
27 (C)Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
(D)Turn your foot from evil.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:26 Lit. Weigh

26 Evil thoughts are an abomination to Yahweh,
But pleasant words are pure.

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26 To the Lord evil plans are detestable,
    but pleasant words are pure.

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All the ways of a man are pure in his own sight,
But (A)Yahweh weighs the [a]motives.

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit spirits

Everything a person does seems pure in his own opinion,
    but the Lord weighs intentions.

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The heart of (A)man [a]plans his way,
But (B)Yahweh [b]directs his steps.

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  1. Proverbs 16:9 Lit thinks upon
  2. Proverbs 16:9 Lit establishes

A person plans his way,
    but the Lord directs his steps.

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25 (A)There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 16:25 The Heb. lacks to travel

33 The (A)lot is cast into the lap,
But its every (B)judgment is from Yahweh.

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33 The dice is cast into someone’s lap,
    but the outcome is from the Lord.

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Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries [a](A)his footsteps sins.

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Lit with his feet

Furthermore, it isn’t good to be ignorant,[a]
    and whoever rushes into things[b] misses the mark.

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  1. Proverbs 19:2 Lit. good for an ignorant soul
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Lit. whoever hurries with his feet

21 Many [a](A)thoughts are in a man’s heart,
But it is the (B)counsel of Yahweh that will stand.

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  1. Proverbs 19:21 Or plans

21 Many plans occupy the mind[a] of a man,
    but the Lord’s purposes will prevail.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 19:21 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 19:21 Or will be established

22 (A)Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
(B)Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

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22 Don’t say “I’ll avenge that wrong!”
    Wait on the Lord and he will deliver you.

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27 The (A)sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with a wicked scheme!

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27 What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable—
    how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

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One who (A)deliberately thinks to do evil,
Men will call a [a]schemer.
The (B)scheming of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or deviser of evil

The person who plans on doing evil
    will be called a schemer.
To devise folly is sin,
    and people detest a scoffer.

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