Psalm 37:23 {36:23}
Good News Translation
The LORD guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

New Revised Standard Version
Our steps are made firm by the LORD, when he delights in our way;

Contemporary English Version
If you do what the LORD wants, he will make certain each step you take is sure.

New American Bible
The valiant one whose steps are guided by the LORD, who will delight in his way,

Douay-Rheims Bible
With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

steps

Psalm 17:5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.

Psalm 85:13 Justice shall walk before him: and he shall set his steps in the way.

Psalm 119:133 Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 121:3,8 May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee. . . .

1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

Job 23:11,12 My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. . . .

Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Jeremiah 10:23 I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

ordered.

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Proverbs 4:26 Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.

delighteth

Psalm 147:10 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.

Proverbs 11:1,20 Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom. . . .

Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and justice in the earth: for these things please me, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to impart: for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.

Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
22For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish. 23With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.24When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

Psalm 7:9
The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just

Psalm 18:19
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.

Psalm 25:12
Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.

Psalm 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.

Psalm 40:2
And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 41:11
By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

Psalm 66:9
Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:

Psalm 90:17
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.

Psalm 119:5
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

Psalm 147:11
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.

Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Psalm 37:22
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