King James Version
Proverbs 4:26 in the King James Version says “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. let: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. let: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright”
Proverbs 4:26 · KJV
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. a froward: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. let: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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“Ponder”
H6424properly, to roll flat, i.e., prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e., weigh (mentally)
“of thy feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and let all thy ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“be established”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
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