Proverbs 4:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.”

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BSBPD

“When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 22:37You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
  2. Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
  3. Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
  4. Psalms 91:11For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
  5. Psalms 119:165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
  6. Proverbs 2:9Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
  7. Proverbs 3:23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
  8. Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
  9. Proverbs 6:22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
  10. Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
  11. John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
  12. Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
  13. 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
  14. 1 John 2:10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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