Proverbs 4:26
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּלַס
pâlaç
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
אֹרַח
ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּלַס pâlaç
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
Study H6424 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →Cross References
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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