Proverbs 4:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Proverbs 4:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
2 Samuel 22:37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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. …
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.

Topics

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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 larg…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

11-12. way of wisdom--which it prescribes. led thee--literally, “caused thee to tread,” as a path (Psa 107:7). not be straitened--have ample room (Psa 18:36).