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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.

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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 The Lord detests evil plans,
    but he delights in pure words.

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

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People may be pure in their own eyes,
    but the Lord examines their motives.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit spirits

We can make our plans,
    but the Lord determines our steps.

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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

25 There is a path before each person that seems right,
    but it ends in death.

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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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33 We may throw the dice,[a]
    but the Lord determines how they fall.

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  1. 16:33 Hebrew We may cast lots.

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

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Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
    haste makes mistakes.

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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

21 You can make many plans,
    but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.

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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

22 Don’t say, “I will get even for this wrong.”
    Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.

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

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27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
    especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

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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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A person who plans evil
    will get a reputation as a troublemaker.
The schemes of a fool are sinful;
    everyone detests a mocker.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or deviser of evil