Proverbs 4:26

26 Level the path for your feet, let all your ways be properly prepared;

Proverbs 4:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:26

Ponder the path of thy feet
Consider well what path it is, whether right or wrong; or weigh it in the balances of thought, as Aben Ezra; or rather in the balances of the word, and see whether it agrees with that or not. The Septuagint version is, "make straight paths for thy feet"; to which the author of the epistle to the Hebrews seems to have respect, ( Hebrews 12:13 ) ; and let all thy walls be established;
so as to walk on steadily, constantly, uniformly, and not be easily moved out of the ways of religion and truth. Or, "let all thy ways be prepared", or "directed", or "disposed" F3; according to the rule of the divine word. Some render it as a promise, "and all thy ways shall be established" F4; when care is taken to look well into them; see ( 2 Chronicles 20:20 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (wnky) "dirigantur", Tigurine version, Mercerus; "recte apparentur aut disponantur", Vatablus.
F4 "Stabilientur", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "constabilientur", Schultens.

Proverbs 4:26 In-Context

24 Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze on what lies in front of you.
26 Level the path for your feet, let all your ways be properly prepared;
27 then deviate neither right nor left; and keep your foot far from evil.
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