Proverbs 4:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:23 : 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
  • Ps 18:36 : 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
  • 2 Sam 22:37 : 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
  • Job 18:7-8 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
  • Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 ¶ Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 6:22 : 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Jesus answered, ‹Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.› 10 ‹But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.›
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • 1 John 2:10-11 : 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:23-26
    4 verses
    85%

    23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

    24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

    26For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  • 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

  • Prov 4:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

    26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

    27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  • Prov 4:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

    14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • 37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

  • 22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  • 5Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

  • 20That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • 13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

  • 6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

  • 21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

  • 4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

  • 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

  • Ps 91:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

    12They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

  • 19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • 11And in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

  • 15For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

  • 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • 11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

  • 28¶ In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.

  • 25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

  • 5If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

  • 31The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

  • 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.

  • 9¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • 6¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Ps 37:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

    24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.

  • 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

  • 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

  • 105¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  • 8Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and [when] they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

  • 7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • 13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

  • 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

  • 19Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • 2When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

  • 133¶ Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

  • 27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

  • 14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.