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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 walkest, it shall lead thee;{HR}When thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;{HR}And [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. (Prov. 6:22)
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2 Sam. 22:37• 37{i}Thou enlargedst my steps under me;{HR}And mine ankles did not slip.{/i} (2 Sam. 22:37)
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Job 18:7‑8• 7The steps of his strength shall be straitened,{HR}And his own counsel shall cast him down.
 8For by his feet is he driven into a net,{HR}And he walketh over the meshes; (Job 18:7‑8)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped. (Psa. 18:36)
thou shalt.
Prov. 4:19• 19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness:{HR}They know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:19)
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Prov. 3:23• 23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,{HR}And thy foot shall not stumble. (Prov. 3:23)
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Psa. 91:11‑12• 11For his angels he will charge concerning thee,{HR}To keep thee in all thy ways;
 12Upon [their] hands they shall bear thee,{HR}Lest thou strike against the stone thy foot. (Psa. 91:11‑12)
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Psa. 119:165• 165Great peace have the lovers of thy law,{HR}And they have no stumbling-block. (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 of the day?
 10If one walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world; but if one walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. (John 11:9‑10)
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Rom. 9:32‑33• 32Why? Because not by faith but as by works [of law], for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
 33even as it is written, “Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Rom. 9:32‑33)
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1 Peter 2:8• 8and stone of stumbling, and rock of offence; stumbling as they do at the word, being disobedient, unto which 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 no occasion of stumbling in him.
 11But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not where he goeth, because the darkness 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;{HR}And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.