Proverbs 4:12
For when you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not be distressed.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
In Context
13Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for yourself for your life.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:37so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
Proverbs 3:23that you may go confidently in peace in all your ways, and that your foot may not stumble.
Proverbs 6:22Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →