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Bishop's Bible

Proverbs 4:26

Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Integrity;   Watchfulness;   Young Men;   The Topic Concordance - Alertness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feet, the;   Heedfulness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fringes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ponder;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - AḥiḴar;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Carefully consider the path for your feet,and all your ways will be established.
Hebrew Names Version
Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
King James Version
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
English Standard Version
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
New Century Version
Be careful what you do, and always do what is right.
New English Translation
Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.
Amplified Bible
Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, And all your ways will be steadfast and sure.
New American Standard Bible
Watch the path of your feet, And all your ways will be established.
World English Bible
Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.
Legacy Standard Bible
Watch the track of your feetAnd all your ways will be established.
Berean Standard Bible
Make level paths for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
Contemporary English Version
Know where you are headed, and you will stay on solid ground.
Complete Jewish Bible
Level the path for your feet, let all your ways be properly prepared;
Darby Translation
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
Easy-to-Read Version
Make sure you are going the right way, and nothing will make you fall.
George Lamsa Translation
Keep your feet away from evil paths; then all your ways shall be firm.
Good News Translation
Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right.
Lexham English Bible
May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.
Literal Translation
Study the track of your feet, then all your ways will be established.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Podre the path of thy fete, so shal all yi wayes be sure.
American Standard Version
Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Bible in Basic English
Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
King James Version (1611)
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy wayes be established.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.
English Revised Version
Make level the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Dresse thou pathis to thi feet, and alle thi weies schulen be stablischid.
Update Bible Version
Make level the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
Webster's Bible Translation
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
New King James Version
Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
New Living Translation
Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.
New Life Bible
Watch the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
New Revised Standard
Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.
Revised Standard Version
Take heed to the path of your feet, then all your ways will be sure.
Young's Literal Translation
Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established.

Contextual Overview

20 My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges: 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart: 22 For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes. 23 Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe. 24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee. 25 Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright. 27 Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ponder: Proverbs 5:6, Psalms 119:59, Ezekiel 18:28, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Ephesians 5:15, Ephesians 5:17

let all thy ways be established: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright, Psalms 37:23, Psalms 40:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Peter 5:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:14 - thou shalt Joshua 23:6 - that ye Psalms 39:1 - I said Proverbs 14:15 - simple Matthew 7:14 - narrow Hebrews 12:13 - make

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me.
Genesis 4:15
And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym.
Genesis 4:17
Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch.
Genesis 4:18
Unto ye same Henoch was borne Irad: Irad begat Mehuiael, Mehuiael begat Methusael, Methusael begat Lamech.
Genesis 12:8
And remouyng thence vnto a mountayne that was eastwarde from Bethel, he pitched his tent, hauyng Bethel on the west syde, & Hai on the east: and there he buyldyng an aulter vnto the Lorde, dyd call vpon the name of the Lorde.
Genesis 26:25
And he builded an aulter there, and called vpon the name of the Lorde, and pitched his tent: and there Isahacs seruauntes dygged a well.
1 Kings 18:24
And call ye on the name of your gods, & I wyl call on the name of the Lorde: and then the God that aunswereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people aunswered and saide, It is wel spoken.
Psalms 116:17
I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng: and I wyll call vpon the name of God.
Isaiah 44:5
One shal say, I am the Lordes: another shall call hym selfe after the name of Iacob: the thirde shall subscribe with his hande vnto the Lorde, and geue hym selfe vnder the name of Israel.
Isaiah 48:1
Heare this O thou house of Iacob, ye that are called by the name of Israel, & are come out of one stocke with Iuda: whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde, and beare witnesse by the God of Israel, but not with trueth and ryght.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ponder the path of thy feet,.... Consider well what path it is, whether right or wrong; or weigh it in the balances of thought, as Aben Ezra; or rather in the balances of the word, and see whether it agrees with that or not. The Septuagint version is, "make straight paths for thy feet"; to which the author of the epistle to the Hebrews seems to have respect, Hebrews 12:13;

and let all thy walls be established; so as to walk on steadily, constantly, uniformly, and not be easily moved out of the ways of religion and truth. Or, "let all thy ways be prepared", or "directed", or "disposed" c; according to the rule of the divine word. Some render it as a promise, "and all thy ways shall be established" d; when care is taken to look well into them; see 2 Chronicles 20:20.

c יכנו "dirigantur", Tigurine version, Mercerus; "recte apparentur aut disponantur", Vatablus. d "Stabilientur", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "constabilientur", Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Proverbs 4:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 4:26. Ponder the path of thy feetWeigh well the part thou shouldst act in life. See that thou contract no bad habits.


 
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