Proverbs 4:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:23 : 23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.
  • Ps 18:36 : 36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
  • 2 Sam 22:37 : 37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.
  • Job 18:7-8 : 7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him. 8 His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
  • Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go. 12 In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause for falling.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
  • Prov 6:22 : 22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way; 33 As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
  • 1 John 2:10-11 : 10 He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him. 11 But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:23-26
    4 verses
    85%

    23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

    24 When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

    25 Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

    26 For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

  • Prov 4:11
    80%

    11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

  • Prov 4:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

    26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.

    27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

  • Prov 4:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

    14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Ps 18:36
    78%

    36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    77%

    37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • Prov 6:22
    77%

    22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Ps 17:5
    77%

    5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

  • Prov 2:20
    76%

    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Heb 12:13
    75%

    13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Isa 30:21
    74%

    21 And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

  • Job 4:4
    74%

    4 He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Job 23:11
    73%

    11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

  • Ps 91:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

    12 In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

  • Prov 4:19
    73%

    19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • Luke 4:11
    73%

    11 And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

  • Job 11:15
    72%

    15 Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

  • Prov 3:6
    72%

    6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

  • Prov 2:11
    72%

    11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 12:28
    72%

    28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Prov 7:25
    72%

    25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Jer 12:5
    71%

    5 If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

  • Ps 37:31
    71%

    31 The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

  • Prov 2:9
    71%

    9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

  • Prov 10:9
    71%

    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Ps 37:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

    24 Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

  • Ps 121:3
    70%

    3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

  • Ps 32:8
    70%

    8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

    105 <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

  • Joel 2:8
    70%

    8 No one is pushing against another; everyone goes straight on his way: bursting through the sword points, their order is not broken.

  • Job 18:7
    70%

    7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • Ps 85:13
    70%

    13 Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.

  • Prov 4:6
    70%

    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Ps 77:19
    70%

    19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.

  • Isa 43:2
    70%

    2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

  • Ps 119:133
    69%

    133 Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin have control over me.

  • Job 13:27
    69%

    27 And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;

  • Isa 54:14
    69%

    14 All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.