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Proverbs 4:12

When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble.

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Key words: kāšal yālaḵ rûṣ ṣaʿaḏ yāṣar

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
When thou goestbᵊleḵtᵊḵā בְּלֶכְתְּךָyālaḵ3
thy stepsṣaʿăḏeḵā צַעֲדֶךָṣaʿaḏ1
shallyēṣar יֵצַרyāṣar2
notlō' לֹאlō'10
be straitenedyēṣar יֵצַרyāṣar2
and whenvᵊ'im וְאִם'im6
thou runnesttārûṣ תָּרוּץrûṣ1
thou shaltṯikāšēl תִכָּשֵׁלkāšal4
notlō' לֹאlō'10
stumbleṯikāšēl תִכָּשֵׁלkāšal4

Memory passages these point to

S-27 Proverbs 6:20-35S-56 2 Samuel 22:14-41

Cross-references 13

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

thou goest 4
  • Proverbs 6:22 S-27 Proverbs 6:20-35

    22When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.

  • 2 Samuel 22:37 S-56 2 Samuel 22:14-41

    37You enlarged my path under me; So my feet did not slip.

  • Job 18:7-8

    7The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down. 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

  • Psalms 18:36

    36You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

thou shalt not stumble 9
  • Proverbs 4:19 Proverbs 4:19

    19The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know what makes them stumble.

  • Proverbs 3:23 Proverbs 3:23

    23Then you will walk safely in your way, And your foot will not stumble.

  • Psalms 91:11-12

    11For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

  • Psalms 119:165

    165Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble.

  • Jeremiah 31:9

    9They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.

  • John 11:9-10

    9Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

  • Romans 9:32-33

    32Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."

  • 1 Peter 2:8

    8and "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

  • 1 John 2:10-11

    10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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