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

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

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

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

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26 He who (A)trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.

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By transgression an evil man is snared,
But the righteous sings and rejoices.

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