Proverbs 16:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The road of those who do right turns away from evil; those who protect their path guard their lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ The path of the just turns away from evils. He who guards his soul preserves his way.

Proverbs 16:17 Cross References

Isaiah 35:8

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

Proverbs 19:16

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul: But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

Proverbs 10:9

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Revelation 3:10

Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.

Acts 24:16

Herein do I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men alway.

Acts 10:35

but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

Matthew 24:13

But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Proverbs 4:23

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.