The Meaning of Proverbs 4:26 Explained

Proverbs 4:26

KJV: Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

YLT: Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.

Darby: Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

ASV: Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ponder  the path  of thy feet,  and let all thy ways  be established. 

What does Proverbs 4:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 4:10-27 - Guide-Posts On The Way Of Life
One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare this beautiful similitude with 2 Samuel 23:4. In the East, where the heavens are for the most part free of cloud, the steadily increasing light of any day to perfect noontide glory is the ordinary experience. Let us so live that the path of our life may become ever more radiant and beneficent in its heat and light.
Keep thy heart, etc., Proverbs 4:23. "Above all keeping," margin. The gates of the heart need careful scrutiny. When we are careless, thoughts creep in with malign intent. We should imitate the good Nehemiah 13:19. Ask that pure and holy angels may stand sentry as at the gates of pearl, Revelation 21:12. If you think right, you will live right.
Ponder the path, etc., Proverbs 4:26. "Weigh carefully." Act in haste and repent at leisure! Ask God to keep you back from presumptuous sins; and bear in mind the wise exhortation of Ecclesiastes 5:2. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 4

1  persuades to wisdom
14  and to show wickedness
20  He exhorts to sanctification

What do the individual words in Proverbs 4:26 mean?

Ponder the path of your feet and all your ways let be established
פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־ דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ

פַּ֭לֵּס  Ponder 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: פָּלַס 
Sense: (Piel) to weigh, make level, balance.
מַעְגַּ֣ל  the  path 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַעְגָּל 
Sense: entrenchment, track.
רַגְלֶ֑ךָ  of  your  feet 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
וְֽכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ  your  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יִכֹּֽנוּ  let  be  established 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.