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26 Make the path of your feet level.
    Let all of your ways be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left.
    Remove your foot from evil.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 4:26 Or Clear a path

26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked,
    but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

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26 The Lord detests the plans of the one who is evil,
but pleasant words are pure.(A)

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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
    but Yahweh weighs the motives.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 16:2 Lit spirits

A man’s heart plans his course,
    but Yahweh directs his steps.

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

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25 There is a way which seems right to a man,
    but in the end it leads to death.

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

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33 The lot is cast into the lap,
    but its every decision is from Yahweh.

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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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It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge,
    nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 19:2 Lit who is hasty with feet

21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
    but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

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

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22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”
    Wait for Yahweh, and he will save 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 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination—
    how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

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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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One who plots to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin.
    The mocker is detested by men.

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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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