Proverbs 4:12

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Proverbs 4:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

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

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

2 Samuel 22:37

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Job 18:7

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 18:8

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

Psalms 18:36

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Proverbs 4:19

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Proverbs 3:23

Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.

Psalms 91:11

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Psalms 91:12

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Psalms 119:165

Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

John 11:9

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.

John 11:10

But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

Romans 9:32

Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

Romans 9:33

as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

1 Peter 2:8

and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

1 John 2:10

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.