12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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. …
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him ( Prov. 4:1 , 2 ): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father . That is, 1. “Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also.” Note, Magistrates and ministers, who are entrusted with the direction of…
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