Proverbs 4:26
Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
In Context
25Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
27Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
Cross References
Psalms 37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.
Psalms 119:5If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
Proverbs 5:6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
Proverbs 15:21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
Proverbs 23:19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
Haggai 1:5For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →