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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)Do not consent.

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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 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of (A)life.
24 Put away from you a [a]deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your (B)feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:24 devious

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

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(A)He who walks with integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will become known.

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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 will [a]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own (A)wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:5 Or make smooth or straight

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

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

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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)A wise man fears and departs from evil,
But a fool rages and is self-confident.

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

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22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

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

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(A)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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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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(A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

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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 is to depart from evil;
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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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 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

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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 It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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