New King James Version
Proverbs 4:26
26Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
Proverbs 4:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
- New International Version (NIV)Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.
Context of Proverbs 4:26
24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. 25Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. 27Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:26 word by word
פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:26
- Proverbs 5:6Lest you ponder her path of life— Her ways are unstable; You do not know them.
- Psalms 119:59I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
- Haggai 1:5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!
- Ephesians 5:15See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
- Psalms 37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
- Psalms 40:2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
- 1 Peter 5:10But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Ponder the path of thy feet - Weigh well the part thou shouldst act in life. See that thou contract no bad habits.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-26Verses 24-26 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-27Verses 14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a due distance, but at a great distance; never think you can get far enough from it. The way of the righteous is light; Christ is their Way, and he is the Light. The saints will not be perfect till they reach heaven, but there they shall shine as the sun…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27Wise people walk through life looking straight ahead.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Ponder--Consider well; a wise course results from wise forethought.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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