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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I ηlead
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
in the way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
of righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of the paths
nathiyb (Hebrew #5410)
or nthibah (Jeremiah 6:16) {neth-ee-baw'}; from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track
KJV usage: path((-way)), X travel(-ler), way.
Pronounce: naw-theeb'
Origin: or (feminine) nthiybah {neth-ee-baw'}
of judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
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or, walk.

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Ministry on This Verse

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or, walk.
Prov. 3:6• 6In all thy ways acknowledge him,{HR}And he shall make straight thy paths. (Prov. 3:6)
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Prov. 4:11‑12• 11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom;{HR}I will lead thee in the paths of uprightness.
 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;{HR}And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. (Prov. 4:11‑12)
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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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Psa. 23:3• 3He restoreth my soul;{HR}He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (Psa. 23:3)
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Psa. 25:4‑5• 4Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah;{HR}Teach me thy paths.
 5Lead me in thy truth and teach me,{HR}For thou [art] the God of my salvation;{HR}For thee have I waited all the day. (Psa. 25:4‑5)
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Psa. 32:8• 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go;{HR}I will fix mine eye upon thee. (Psa. 32:8)
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Isa. 2:3• 3And many peoples will go and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Isa. 2:3)
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Isa. 49:10• 10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by the springs of water will he guide them. (Isa. 49:10)
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Isa. 55:4• 4Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the peoples, a prince and commander to the peoples. (Isa. 55:4)
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John 10:3,27‑28• 3To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
 28and I give them life eternal, and they shall in no wise ever perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand. (John 10:3,27‑28)
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Rev. 7:17• 17For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)
in the.
Prov. 4:25‑27• 25Let thine eyes look right on,{HR}And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
 26Ponder the path of thy feet,{HR}And be all thy ways well-ordered.
 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left;{HR}Remove thy foot from evil. (Prov. 4:25‑27)
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Deut. 5:32• 32Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left. (Deut. 5:32)
• From this point on, the anointed eye loses sight of all else, and is fixed upon Christ; for He it is who is now presented for the contemplation of our souls. (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

W. Kelly Translation

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I walk in the way of righteousness,{HR}In the midst of the paths of judgment;