26 Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.
to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard `you' from the evil;
The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.
because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,
and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;
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Commentary on Proverbs 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
When the things of God are to be taught precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, not only because the things themselves are of great worth and weight, but because men's minds, at the best, are unapt to admit them and commonly prejudiced against them; and therefore Solomon, in this chapter, with a great variety of expression and a pleasant powerful flood of divine eloquence, inculcates the same things that he had pressed upon us in the foregoing chapters. Here is,
So plainly, so pressingly, is the case laid before us, that we shall be for ever inexcusable if we perish in our folly.
Pro 4:1-13
Here we have,
Pro 4:14-19
Some make David's instructions to Solomon, which began v. 4, to continue to the end of the chapter; nay, some continue them to the end of the ninth chapter; but it is more probable that Solomon begins here again, if not sooner. In these verses, having exhorted us to walk in the paths of wisdom, he cautions us against the path of the wicked.
Pro 4:20-27
Solomon, having warned us not to do evil, here teaches us how to do well. It is not enough for us to shun the occasions of sin, but we must study the methods of duty.