Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
New American Standard Bible
He who watches his way preserves his
King James Version
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Holman Bible
the one who guards his way protects his life.
International Standard Version
The road of the upright circumvents evil, and whoever watches how he lives preserves his life.
A Conservative Version
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
American Standard Version
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Amplified
The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil;
He who guards his way protects his life (soul).
Darby Translation
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.
Julia Smith Translation
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: to watch his ways the guarding of his soul.
King James 2000
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.
Modern King James verseion
The way of the upright is to turn away from evil; he who keeps his way guards his way.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The path of the righteous escheweth evil; and whoso looketh well to his ways, keepeth his own soul.
NET Bible
The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
New Heart English Bible
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
The Emphasized Bible
The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.
Webster
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
World English Bible
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Youngs Literal Translation
A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver. 17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul. 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
Proverbs 4:24-27
Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
Proverbs 10:9
He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
Proverbs 19:16
He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.
Matthew 24:13
But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.
Acts 10:35
But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
Titus 2:10-14
Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.