KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 4:25–26
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Proverbs 4:25
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
25Let thine eyes looke right on, and let thine eye lids looke straight before thee.
Proverbs 4:26
26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
26‖Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy wayes be established.
- Or, all thy wayes shalbe ordered aright.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 4:25
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Direct, level, upright, or not crooked, proceeding without turning aside.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Proverbs 4:26
To weigh in the mind; to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A way, track, course, or manner of going, whether literal or figurative.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
established
Set firmly, founded, made stable, ordained, ratified, or confirmed in the matter spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 25
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Open the full verse study37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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Open the full verse study22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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Open the full verse study1I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
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Open the full verse study33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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Open the full verse study5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
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Open the full verse study23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
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Open the full verse study5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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Open the full verse study3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
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Open the full verse study5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
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Open the full verse study7¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
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Open the full verse study21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Open the full verse study59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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Open the full verse study28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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Open the full verse study15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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Open the full verse study2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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Open the full verse study13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
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Open the full verse study17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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Open the full verse study6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
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Open the full verse study10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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