Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. New Living Translation Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. English Standard Version Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Berean Standard Bible Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. King James Bible 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 American Standard Bible Watch the path of your feet, And all your ways will be established. NASB 1995 Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established. NASB 1977 Watch the path of your feet, And all your ways will be established. Legacy Standard Bible Watch the track of your feet And all your ways will be established. Amplified Bible Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, And all your ways will be steadfast and sure. Christian Standard Bible Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established. Holman Christian Standard Bible Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established. American Standard Version Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. Contemporary English Version Know where you are headed, and you will stay on solid ground. English Revised Version Make level the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. GOD'S WORD® Translation Carefully walk a straight path, and all your ways will be secure. Good News Translation Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right. International Standard Version Carefully measure the paths for your feet, and all your ways will be established. Majority Standard Bible Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. NET Bible Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established. New Heart English Bible Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. Webster's Bible Translation Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. World English Bible Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionPonder the path of your feet, "" And all your ways [are] established. Young's Literal Translation Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established. Smith's Literal Translation Make level the track of thy feet, and all thy ways shall be prepared. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMake straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established. Catholic Public Domain Version Direct the path of your feet, and all your ways shall be secure. New American Bible Survey the path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. New Revised Standard Version Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleKeep your feet away from evil paths; then all your ways shall be firm. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Let your foot pass from evil streets and all your ways will be established. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Make plain the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. Brenton Septuagint Translation Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Father's Instruction…25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. 26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. 27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.… Cross References Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Hebrews 12:13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. Isaiah 26:7 The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright. Psalm 119:133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me. Proverbs 3:6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’ Ephesians 5:15-16 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, / redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Isaiah 30:21 And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. / Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Colossians 4:5 Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time. Psalm 119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. 1 Peter 2:21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: Treasury of Scripture Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. ponder Proverbs 5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Psalm 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. let all thy ways be established Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Psalm 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. Jump to Previous Behaviour Established Feet Firm Heed Level Ordered Path Paths Plain Ponder Rightly Sure Watch WaysJump to Next Behaviour Established Feet Firm Heed Level Ordered Path Paths Plain Ponder Rightly Sure Watch WaysProverbs 4 1. persuades to wisdom14. and to show wickedness 20. He exhorts to sanctification Make level paths for your feet This phrase emphasizes the importance of intentionality and preparation in one's spiritual journey. The Hebrew word for "make level" is "pales," which implies weighing or making straight. In ancient times, roads were often uneven and treacherous, requiring careful planning to ensure safe travel. Spiritually, this suggests that believers should remove obstacles and distractions from their lives, aligning their actions with God's will to walk securely in faith. and all your ways will be sure Let all thy ways be established.--Or, directed aright; see that they lead straight to the end (Psalm 119:5). Verse 26. - Ponder the path of thy feet; properly, make straight or level the path of thy feet. The command carries on the idea of the previous verse. Simplicity of aim in the moral life is to be accompanied by attention to the moral conduct. The sense is, remove every obstacle which may impede or render insecure the way of moral life, and thus avoid every false step. The meaning "to ponder," i.e. "to weigh," seems to be given to the verb palles, piel of the unused palas here used only in Psalm 58:3 and possibly in Proverbs 5:21. Its ordinary signification is "to make level, or even," as in Isaiah 26:7; Isaiah 40:12; and Proverbs 5:6. The LXX. keeps this in view in rendering, "Make straight paths for thy feet" (cf. Hebrews 12:13). The Authorized Version would mean, "Weigh your conduct as in a balance; before acting, consider the consequences and nature of the act." The second clause, and let all thy ways be established, is in effect only a repetition of the preceding thought, since it signifies, "See that thy conduct is correct; let all thy ways be definite and fixed." The marginal reading. "And all thy ways shall be ordered aright." gives the literal rendering to the tense; yikkonu being the future hiph. of kun, "to be established," "to stand firm." This would express the result of giving heed to one's conduct.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Make levelפַּ֭לֵּס (pal·lês) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6424: To roll flat, prepare, to revolve, weigh paths מַעְגַּ֣ל (ma‘·gal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4570: An entrenchment, track for your feet, רַגְלֶ֑ךָ (raḡ·le·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda and all וְֽכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every your ways דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ (də·rā·ḵe·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action will be sure. יִכֹּֽנוּ׃ (yik·kō·nū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3559: To be erect Links Proverbs 4:26 NIVProverbs 4:26 NLT Proverbs 4:26 ESV Proverbs 4:26 NASB Proverbs 4:26 KJV Proverbs 4:26 BibleApps.com Proverbs 4:26 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 4:26 Chinese Bible Proverbs 4:26 French Bible Proverbs 4:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 4:26 Make the path of your feet level (Prov. 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