Proverbs 16:17
Good News Translation
Those who are good travel a road that avoids evil; so watch where you are going--it may save your life.

New Revised Standard Version
The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.

Contemporary English Version
God's people avoid evil ways, and they protect themselves by watching where they go.

New American Bible
The path of the upright leads away from misfortune; those who attend to their way guard their lives.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.

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Proverbs 4:24-27 Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps. . . .

Isaiah 35:8 And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.

Acts 10:35 But in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh justice is acceptable to him.

Acts 24:16 And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence, towards God and towards men.

Titus 2:10-14 Not defrauding, but in all things shewing good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. . . .

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Proverbs 10:9 He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

Proverbs 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

Jude 1:21,24 Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting. . . .

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
16Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. 17The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.…
Cross References
Proverbs 19:16
He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.

Isaiah 35:8
And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.

Proverbs 16:16
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