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Proverbs 4:12
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When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;when you run, you will not stumble.
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.
Nothing will hold you back; you will not be overwhelmed.
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded [for your path will be clear and open]; And when you run, you will not stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; And if you run, you will not stumble.
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
Whe thou goest, thy gate shal not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;And if you run, you will not stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
when you walk, your step won't be hindered; and if you run, you won't stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
As you walk on it, you will not step into a trap. Even if you run, you will not trip and fall.
When you walk, your steps will not be unsteady; and when you run, you will not stumble.
Nothing will stand in your way if you walk wisely, and you will not stumble when you run.
When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.
when you go, your tracks shall not be narrowed, and when you run, you shall not stumble.
So that yf thou goest therin, there shal no straytnesse hynder the: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitned, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
In to whiche whanne thou hast entrid, thi goyngis schulen not be maad streit; and thou schalt rennen, and schalt not haue hirtyng.
When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; And if you run, you shall not stumble.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble.
When you walk, you won't be held back; when you run, you won't stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be stopped. If you run, you will not trip.
When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.
When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.
When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.
In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou goest: Proverbs 6:22, 2 Samuel 22:37, Job 18:7, Job 18:8, Psalms 18:36
thou shalt: Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 3:23, Psalms 91:11, Psalms 91:12, Psalms 119:165, Jeremiah 31:9, John 11:9, John 11:10, Romans 9:32, Romans 9:33, 1 Peter 2:8, 1 John 2:10, 1 John 2:11
Reciprocal: Proverbs 8:20 - lead 2 Corinthians 6:12 - are not
Cross-References
One day, Cain gave part of his harvest to the Lord ,
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
"You're making me leave my home and live far from you. I will have to wander about without a home, and just anyone could kill me."
Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.
Then Enoch had a son named Irad, who had a son named Mehujael, who had a son named Methushael, who had a son named Lamech.
One day, Lamech said to his two wives, "A young man wounded me, and I killed him.
Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain."
All of your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit.
In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you.
make his children beg for food and live in the slums.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened,.... By enemies, or attended with difficulties and obstructions, or subject to dangers, but be at freedom and liberty in walking; for though saints do not walk in the broad road with sinners, yet they are brought into a large place, and their steps are enlarged under them, and their hearts are enlarged to run the way of God's commandments; and a wide field of truth and duty such have to walk in, who are taught and led in the ways of wisdom and righteousness, Psalms 18:19;
and when thou runnest, thou shall not stumble; such that make haste to keep the commandments of God, that run with alacrity and cheerfulness in their Christian race, and in the way of their duty, shall not stumble, through the deceitfulness of sin, the snares of the world, and the temptations of Satan, so as to fall and perish.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.
Proverbs 4:12
The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.
Proverbs 4:13
She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.
Proverbs 4:16
A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.
Proverbs 4:17
i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.
Proverbs 4:18
Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.
Proverbs 4:20
The teacher speaks again in his own person.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 4:12. Thy steps shall not be straitened — True wisdom will teach thee to keep out of embarrassments. A man under the influence of true religion ponders his paths, and carefully poises occurring circumstances; and as the fear of God will ever lead him to act an upright and honest part, so his way in business and life is both clear and large. He has no by-ends to serve; he speculates not; he uses neither trick nor cunning to effect any purpose. Such a man can never be embarrassed. His steps are not straitened; he sees his way always plain; and when a favourable tide of Providence shows him the necessity of increased exertion, he runs, and is in no danger of stumbling.
