| There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death. | There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. |
| Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. | Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
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| I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. |
| Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. | Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. |
| Guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones. | For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. | But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. |
| Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray. | Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. |
| I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. | I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. |
| The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, but destruction for evildoers. | The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil. |
| I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. |
| Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way. | The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. |
| Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
| Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. | Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord. |
| The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps. | In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. |
| I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. |
| Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way. | “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. |
| This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. | As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. |
| How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to your word. | How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. |
| This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. | As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him. |
| Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name. | Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. |
| The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. | The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. |
| The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. | To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. |
| Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of another. | Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. |
| A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God's people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray. | And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. |
| Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. | Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
