Proverbs 4:26 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 4:26

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

KJV

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WEB

Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

DBT

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

ASV

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

YLT

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Psalms 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Hebrews 12:13
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Psalms 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

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7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It concerns us to consider what are the duties and what the difficulties, what are the advantages and what the dangers, of our way, that we may act accordingly. We must act with steadiness, caution, and consistency: " Let all thy ways be established (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

) and be not unstable in them, as the double-minded man is; halt not between two, but go on in an even uniform course of obedience; turn not to the right hand not to the left, for there are errors on both hands, and Satan gains his point if he prevails to draw us aside either way.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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