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

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

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

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

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

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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 path before each person that seems right,
    but it ends in death.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 16:33 Hebrew We may cast lots.

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

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Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good;
    haste makes mistakes.

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

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

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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 get even for this wrong.”
    Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.

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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 an evil person is detestable,
    especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

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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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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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