A Father’s Example
Two Ways of Life
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Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
16 Turn away from it, and pass it by.
For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.(P)
17 unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.(P)
They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
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and drink the wine of violence.
The Straight Path
Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 4:23: Or heart with all diligence
b.
Proverbs 4:25: Lit eyelids
c.
Proverbs 4:26: Or Clear a path
Cross references:
B.
Proverbs 4:2:
Job 11:4