Proverbs 4:20-27 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 4:20-27 ▼
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20 My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.
21 Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
22 for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.
23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
24 Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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