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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
    don’t consent.

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10 My son, if sinners entice you,(A)
don’t be persuaded.(B)

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23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
    for out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
    Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead.
    Fix your gaze directly before you.
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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23 Guard your heart above all else,[a]
for it is the source of life.(A)
24 Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,(B)
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.
25 Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze[b] straight ahead.(C)
26 Carefully consider the path[c] for your feet,(D)
and all your ways will be established.
27 Don’t turn to the right or to the left;(E)
keep your feet away from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:23 Or heart with all diligence
  2. Proverbs 4:25 Lit eyelids
  3. Proverbs 4:26 Or Clear a path

He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
    but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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The one who lives with integrity lives securely,(A)
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.(B)

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The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way,
    but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
    but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

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

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12 There is a way that seems right to a man,(A)
but its end is the way to death.(B)

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16 A wise man fears and shuns evil,
    but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

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16 A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,(A)
but a fool is easily angered and is careless.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:16 Or and falls

22 Don’t they go astray who plot evil?
    But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?(A)
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.(B)

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Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.(A)

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By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

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Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,(A)
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.(B)

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17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.
    He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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17 The highway of the upright(A) avoids evil;
the one who guards his way protects his life.(B)

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

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

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15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous
but a terror to those who practice iniquity.(A)

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