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10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

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10 My son, if sinners entice thee,
Consent thou not.

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23 With all vigilance, keep your heart,
    for from it comes the source[a] of life.
24 Remove from yourself deceitful speech,[b]
    and abolish devious talk[c] from yourself.
25 May your eyes look forward[d]
    and your gaze be straight before you.
26 May the path of your foot be balanced
    and all your ways be sure.
27 Do not swerve right or left;
    remove your foot from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or “extremity”
  2. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “crookedness of mouth”
  3. Proverbs 4:24 Literally “deviousness of lips”
  4. Proverbs 4:25 Or “opposite”

23 Keep thy heart [a]with all diligence;
For out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth,
And perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 [b]Make level the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be [c]established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or, above all that thou guardest
  2. Proverbs 4:26 Or, Weigh carefully
  3. Proverbs 4:26 Or, ordered aright

Whoever walks in integrity[a] will walk securely,
    but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

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  1. Proverbs 10:9 Hebrew “in the integrity”

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely;
But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will save them,
    but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

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The righteousness of the perfect shall [a]direct his way;
But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them;
But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

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  1. Proverbs 11:5 Or, make straight (or, plain)

12 There is a way that seems upright to[a] a man,
    but its end is the way of death.

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  1. Proverbs 14:12 Literally “to the face of”

12 There is a way which [a]seemeth right unto a man;
But the end thereof are the ways of death.

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  1. Proverbs 14:12 Or, is straight before

16 The wise is cautious and turns from evil,
    but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.

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16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;
But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

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22 Have they not erred, those who plan evil?
    But loyalty and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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22 [a]Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or, Shall they not go astray

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh
    keep watch over the evil and the good.

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The eyes of Jehovah are in every place,
Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

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By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,[a]
    and by fear of Yahweh one turns[b] from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or “atoned for”
  2. Proverbs 16:6 Literally “turning”

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

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17 The highway of the upright, it turns from evil,
    he who guards himself[a] keeps his way.

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  1. Proverbs 16:17 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:
He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

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21 Many plans are in the heart[a] of a man,
    but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

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  1. Proverbs 19:21 Or “mind”

21 There are many devices in a man’s heart;
But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

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15 It is a joy to the righteous to do justice,
    but dismay to those who do evil.

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15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice;
[a]But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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  1. Proverbs 21:15 Or, But destruction shall be to etc.