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Proverbs 16:17

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;

He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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Proverbs 16:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;

those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

Proverbs 16:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 The highway of the upright turns aside from evil;

whoever guards his way preserves his life.

Proverbs 16:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:

He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 16:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 The path of the virtuous leads away from evil;

whoever follows that path is safe.

Proverbs 16:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Good people stay away from evil.

By watching what they do, they protect their lives.

Proverbs 16:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:

He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 16:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.

Proverbs 16:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 The highway of decent people turns away from evil. 

Whoever watches his way preserves his own life. 

Proverbs 16:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;

the one who guards his way protects his life.

Proverbs 16:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;

those who guard their way preserve their lives.

Proverbs 16:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 The highway of the upright, it turns from evil,

he who guards himself keeps his way.

Proverbs 16:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 The path of honest people takes them away from evil.

Those who guard their ways guard their lives.

Proverbs 16:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;

He who watches his way preserves his life.


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