Proverbs 4:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:23 : 23 Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.
  • Ps 18:36 : 36 You widen my path; my feet do not slip.
  • 2 Sam 22:37 : 37 You widen my path; my feet do not slip.
  • Job 18:7-8 : 7 His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. 8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.
  • Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do. 12 They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.
  • Ps 119:165 : 165 Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
  • Prov 6:22 : 22 When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Jesus replied,“Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
  • 1 John 2:10-11 : 10 The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:23-26
    4 verses
    85%

    23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

    24When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

    26for the LORD will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

  • Prov 4:11
    80%

    11I hereby guide you in the way of wisdom and I lead you in upright paths.

  • Prov 4:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Prov 4:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Ps 18:36
    78%

    36You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

  • 2 Sam 22:37
    77%

    37You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

  • Prov 6:22
    77%

    22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

  • Ps 17:5
    77%

    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

  • Prov 2:20
    76%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Heb 12:13
    75%

    13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Isa 30:21
    74%

    21You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,“This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left.

  • Job 4:4
    74%

    4Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Job 23:11
    73%

    11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

  • Ps 91:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

    12They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

  • Prov 4:19
    73%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Luke 4:11
    73%

    11and‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

  • Job 11:15
    72%

    15For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

  • Prov 3:6
    72%

    6Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Prov 2:11
    72%

    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Prov 12:28
    72%

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Prov 7:25
    72%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Jer 12:5
    71%

    5The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

  • Ps 37:31
    71%

    31The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

  • Prov 2:9
    71%

    9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.

  • Prov 10:9
    71%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 22:6
    71%

    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Ps 37:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

    24Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the LORD holds his hand.

  • Ps 121:3
    70%

    3May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!

  • Ps 32:8
    70%

    8I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

  • Ps 119:105
    70%

    105נ(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

  • Joel 2:8
    70%

    8They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead. They burst through the city defenses and do not break ranks.

  • Job 18:7
    70%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Ps 85:13
    70%

    13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

  • Prov 4:6
    70%

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Ps 77:19
    70%

    19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

  • Isa 43:2
    70%

    2When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

  • Ps 119:133
    69%

    133Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!

  • Job 13:27
    69%

    27And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

  • Isa 54:14
    69%

    14You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.