Proverbs 4:23-27 in English

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.

²⁴ Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent to just things.

²⁶ Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.

²⁷ Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way:

^27a for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked:

^27b and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.

²⁴ Remove from you a froward mouth, and put far away from you unjust lips.

²⁵ Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids assent to just things.

²⁶ Make straight paths for your feet, and order your ways aright.

²⁷ Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away your foot from an evil way: for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked: and he will make your ways straight, and will guide your steps in peace.

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Make level the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

²³ It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls MET the things that you do.

²⁴ Do not say anything that deceives others and never say what is not true.

²⁵ Keep looking straight ahead toward the events that are before you, and do not turn aside.

²⁶ Plan carefully where you will go and what you will do, and then stay on that road. Then what you do will be right.

²⁷ Do not leave the straight road by turning to the left or to the right. Do only what is right and keep yourself from doing what is evil.

²³ Keep your heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.

²⁴ Remove from you a froward mouth, and put far away from you unjust lips.

²⁵ Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids assent to just things.

²⁶ Make straight paths for your feet, and order your ways aright.

²⁷ Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away your foot from an evil way: for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked: and he will make your ways straight, and will guide your steps in peace.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

²⁴ Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

²⁵ Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

²⁶ Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

²⁷ Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

²³ Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

²³ With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.

²⁴ Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

²⁵ Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.

²⁶ Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.

²⁷ Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.

²³ Most of all, protect your mind, for everything in life flows from it.

²⁴ Don't ever lie, and don't say anything dishonest.

²⁵ Focus on what's ahead of you; look at what's in front of you.

²⁶ Pay attention to the path you decide to follow, and you'll be safe wherever you go.

²⁷ Don't deviate to the right or the left, and turn away from evil.

²³ Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright.

²⁷ Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.

²³ Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Make plain the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Above all that is to be guarded, keep thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Remove from thee frowardness of mouth; and perverseness of lips put away far from thee.

²⁵ Let thy eyes look right forward, and let thy eyelids see straight out before thee.

²⁶ Balance well the track of thy foot, and let all thy ways be firmly right.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep thy heart with the utmost care; For out of these are the issues of life.

²⁴ Remove from thee a froward mouth, And put far away from thee unjust lips.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids assent to just things.

²⁶ Make straight paths for thy feet, And order thy ways aright.

²⁷ Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, But turn away thy foot from an evil way:

^27a For God knows the ways on the right hand, But those on the left are crooked:

^27b And he will make thy ways straight, And will guide thy steps in peace.

²³ More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a deceitful mouth, And remove far from thee perverse lips.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look straight forward, And thine eyelids be directed before thee.

²⁶ Give heed to the path of thy foot, And let all thy ways be steadfast.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand or to the left; Remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart safe and guard it with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.

²⁴ Put crooked speech away from you and put corrupt talk far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead and fix your gaze straight before you.

²⁶ Make a level path for your foot; then all your ways will be secure.

²⁷ Do not turn aside to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

²⁵ Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

²⁷ Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

²⁴ Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

²⁶ Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

²⁷ Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

²³ With all keeping keep thine heart, for life cometh forth of it.

²⁴ Remove thou a shrewd mouth from thee; and backbiting lips be far from thee.

²⁵ Thine eyes see rightful or right things; and thine eyelids go before thy steps.

²⁶ Address thou the paths to thy feet, and all thy ways shall be stablished.

²⁷ Bow thou not to the right side, neither to the left side; turn away thy foot from evil.

²³ With all (safe) keeping keep thine heart (safe), for life cometh forth of it (or for life cometh forth from it).

²⁴ Remove thou a shrewd mouth from thee (or Do not thou speak depraved things); and backbiting lips be far from thee.

²⁵ Thine eyes see rightful things; and thine eyelids go before thy steps.

²⁶ (Ad)dress thou the paths to thy feet (or Direct thou the steps of thy feet), and all thy ways shall be stablished.

²⁷ Bow thou not to the right side, neither to the left side; turn away thy foot from evil.

²³ Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life.

²⁴ Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

²⁵ Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

²⁶ Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.

²⁷ Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!