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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 [a]Make level the path of thy feet,
And let all thy ways be [b]established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:
Remove thy foot from evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or, Weigh carefully
  2. Proverbs 4:26 Or, ordered aright

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

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26 Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah;
But [a]pleasant words are pure.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:26 Or, the pure speak pleasant words

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
    but Yahweh weighs the motives.

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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

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

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A man’s heart deviseth his way;
But Jehovah directeth his 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 way which [a]seemeth right unto a man,
But the end thereof are the ways of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:25 Or, is straight before

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

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33 The lot is cast into the lap;
But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

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

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Also, [a]that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
And he that hasteth with his feet [b]sinneth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:2 Or, desire without knowledge is not good
  2. Proverbs 19:2 Or, misseth his way

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

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

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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 Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

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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 the wicked is an abomination;
How much more, when he bringeth it [a]with a wicked mind!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:27 Or, to atone for wickedness

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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He that deviseth to do evil,
Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
The thought of foolishness is sin;
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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