Proverbs 4:26

Good News Translation

Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right.

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.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright.

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 child, pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words. ²¹ Never let them get away from you. Remember them and keep them in your heart. ²² They will give life and health to anyone who understands them. ²³ Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. ²⁴ Never say anything that isn't true. Have nothing to do with lies and misleading words. ²⁵ Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame. ²⁶ Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right. ²⁷ Avoid evil and walk straight ahead. Don't go one step off the right way.

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
You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me."

Genesis 4:15
But the Lord answered, "No. If anyone kills you, seven lives will be taken in revenge." So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who met him not to kill him.

Genesis 4:17
Cain and his wife had a son and named him Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son.

Genesis 4:18
Enoch had a son named Irad, who was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael had a son named Methushael, who was the father of Lamech.

Genesis 12:8
After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord .

Genesis 26:25
Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord . Then he set up his camp there, and his servants dug another well.

1 Kings 18:24
Then let the prophets of Baal pray to their god, and I will pray to the Lord , and the one who answers by sending fire—he is God." The people shouted their approval.

Psalms 116:17
I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you.

Isaiah 44:5
"One by one, people will say, ‘I am the Lord 's.' They will come to join the people of Israel. They each will mark the name of the Lord on their arms and call themselves one of God's people."

Isaiah 48:1
Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah: You swear by the name of the Lord and claim to worship the God of Israel— but you don't mean a word you say.

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 feet — Weigh well the part thou shouldst act in life. See that thou contract no bad habits.