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Proverbs 2:20
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KJ21
Thus thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
ASV
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
AMP
So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character], And keep to the paths of the righteous.
AMPC
So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God).
BRG
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
CSB
So follow the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
CSBA
So follow the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
CEB
So you should stay on the path of good people, guarding the road of the righteous.
CJB
Thus you will walk on the way of good people and keep to the paths of the righteous.
CEV
Follow the example of good people and live an honest life.
DARBY
—that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
DRA
That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
ERV
Wisdom will help you follow the example of good people and stay on the right path.
EASY
If you have wisdom, you will enjoy life, as good people do. You will live as righteous people live.
EHV
This is how to walk in the way of good people, how to stay on the paths of the righteous.
ESV
So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
ESVUK
So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
EXB
·But wisdom will help you be good [or Stay on the path of good people] and ·do what is right [guard the road of the righteous].
GNV
Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, and keep the ways of the righteous.
GW
So walk in the way of good people and stay on the paths of righteous people.
GNT
So you must follow the example of good people and live a righteous life.
HCSB
So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
ICB
But wisdom will help you be a good person. It will help you do what is right.
ISV
This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.
JUB
That thou may walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous.
KJV
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
AKJV
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
LSB
So that you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.
LEB
So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.
TLB
Follow the steps of the godly instead, and stay on the right path,
MSG
So—join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried-and-true paths. It’s the men who walk straight who will settle this land, the women with integrity who will last here. The corrupt will lose their lives; the dishonest will be gone for good.
MEV
So you may walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous.
NOG
So walk in the way of good people and stay on the paths of righteous people.
NABRE
Thus you may walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
NASB
So you will walk in the way of good people And keep to the paths of the righteous.
NASB1995
So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.
NCB
Take care, then, that you follow the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
NCV
But wisdom will help you be good and do what is right.
NET
So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.
NIRV
You will walk in the ways of good people. You will follow the paths of those who do right.
NIV
Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
NIVUK
Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
NKJV
So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
NLV
So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of those who are right and good.
NLT
So follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous.
NRSVA
Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
NRSVACE
Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
NRSVCE
Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
NRSVUE
Therefore walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just.
OJB
That thou mayest walk in the derech tovim, and be shomer over the orkhot tzaddikim (paths of the righteous).
RGT
Therefore, walk in the way of the good. And keep the ways of the righteous.
RSV
So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
RSVCE
So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
TLV
So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
VOICE
As for you, you should walk like those who are good and keep to the paths of those who love justice,
WEB
Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
WYC
That thou go in a good way, and keep the paths of just men. (So see that thou go on a good way, and keep to the paths of the righteous.)
YLT
That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
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