Proverbs 4:26-27
New Living Translation
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.
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 15:26
New Living Translation
26 The Lord detests evil plans,
but he delights in pure words.
Proverbs 15:26
English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:2
New Living Translation
2 People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their motives.
Proverbs 16:2
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits
Proverbs 16:9
New Living Translation
9 We can make our plans,
but the Lord determines our steps.
Proverbs 16:9
English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:25
New Living Translation
25 There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.
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 16:33
New Living Translation
33 We may throw the dice,[a]
but the Lord determines how they fall.
Footnotes
- 16:33 Hebrew We may cast lots.
Proverbs 16:33
English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:2
New Living Translation
2 Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
haste makes mistakes.
Proverbs 19:2
English Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:2 Or A soul
Proverbs 19:21
New Living Translation
21 You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
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 20:22
New Living Translation
22 Don’t say, “I will get even for this wrong.”
Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.
Proverbs 20:22
English Standard Version
Proverbs 21:27
New Living Translation
27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
especially when it is offered with wrong motives.
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 24:8-9
New Living Translation
8 A person who plans evil
will get a reputation as a troublemaker.
9 The schemes of a fool are sinful;
everyone detests a mocker.
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
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