"When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble." — Proverbs 4:12

Proverbs 4:12 · KJV

“When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.”

— Proverbs 4:12

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Take fast hold of instruction; let {her} not go: keep her; for she {is} thy life.

Proverbs 4 — Context

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Take fast hold of instruction; let {her} not go: keep her; for she {is} thy life.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

Cross References

Proverbs 3:23

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Psalms 18:36

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. {my feet: Heb. mine ankles}

1 Peter 2:8

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, {even to them} which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

John 11:9-10

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

2 Samuel 22:37

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. {feet: Heb. ankles}

1 John 2:10-11

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. {occasion...: Gr. scandal}

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Psalms 119:165

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. {nothing...: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock}