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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; 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 enlargedst my steps under me; And mine ankles 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 sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes; (Job 18:7‑8)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered. (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 securely, and thy foot shall not stumble; (Prov. 3:23)
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Psa. 91:11‑12• 11For he shall give his angels charge concerning 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 that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble 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 water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be 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 one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
 10but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. (John 11:9‑10)
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Rom. 9:32‑33• 32Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
 33according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed. (Rom. 9:32‑33)
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1 Peter 2:8• 8and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)
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1 John 2:10‑11• 10He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
 11But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has 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.