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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When thou goest
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, thy steps
tsa`ad (Hebrew #6806)
a pace or regular step
KJV usage: pace, step.
Pronounce: tsah'-ad
Origin: from 6804
shall not be straitened
yatsar (Hebrew #3334)
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
KJV usage: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
; and when thou runnest
ruwts (Hebrew #7323)
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
KJV usage: break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
Pronounce: roots
Origin: a primitive root
, thou shalt not stumble
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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thou goest.
Prov. 6:22• 22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. (Prov. 6:22)
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2 Sam. 22:37• 37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. (2 Sam. 22:37)
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Job 18:7‑8• 7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. (Job 18:7‑8)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. (Psa. 18:36)
thou shalt.
Prov. 4:19• 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:19)
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Prov. 3:23• 23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. (Prov. 3:23)
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Psa. 91:11‑12• 11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
 12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. (Psa. 91:11‑12)
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Psa. 119:165• 165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. (Psa. 119:165)
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Jer. 31:9• 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. (Jer. 31:9)
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John 11:9‑10• 9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
 10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. (John 11:9‑10)
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Rom. 9:32‑33• 32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
 33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Rom. 9:32‑33)
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1 Peter 2:8• 8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)
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1 John 2:10‑11• 10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
 11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:10‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.