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LEB by section PRO 4:20

⌂ ← PRO 4:20–5:6 → ║ ©

Staying the Course

Staying the Course

20 to my sayings incline your ear.
21 [fn] keep them in the midst of your heart.
22  and healing[fn]
23  for from it comes the source[fn] of life.
24 [fn] and abolish[fn] from yourself.
25 [fn] and your gaze be straight before you.
26  and all your ways be sure.
27  remove your foot from evil.
and to my understanding incline your ear;
2 in order to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.
3  and smoother than oil is her mouth.[fn]
4  sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 to death; her steps take hold of Sheol.[fn]
6 [fn] the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.

4:? Literally “eyes”

4:? Literally “for all his flesh”

4:? Or “extremity”

4:? Literally “crookedness of mouth”

4:? Literally “deviousness of lips”

4:? Or “opposite”

5:? Or “palate”

5:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

5:? Or “examine, weigh”

⌂ ← PRO 4:20–5:6 → ║ ©

PRO C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31