6b. And he shall direct thy paths. When we humbly seek to know God, then He will make our ways straight or smooth. Walking a straight and smooth path directed by God is the only way to go (compare Jeremiah 10:23). Proverbs has much to say about the straight path, both positively and negatively (see Proverbs 1:15; 2:12–15, 19, 20; 3:17; 4:11, 26; 5:6, 21; 7:25; 8:20; 10:9; 11:5; 15:21b; 22:5). One of the most foolish things is to have full awareness of both the right and wrong