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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 4, Verse 26

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Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
King James Version
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
American Standard Version
Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
New English Translation
Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.
World English Bible
Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
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That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
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For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: