Proverbs 4
World English Bible (WEB)
23 Ref Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.
24 Ref Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
25 Ref Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Ref Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
27 Ref Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
23 Ref Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.
24 Ref Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
25 Ref Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ref Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.
27 Ref Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
23 Ref And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
24 Ref Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
25 Ref Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
26 Ref Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
27 Ref Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.