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NASB					Prov 16:17 The ^Ahighway⁴⁵⁴⁶ of the upright³⁴⁷⁷ is to depart⁵⁴⁹³ from evil^7451b; He who watches⁵³⁴¹ his way¹⁸⁷⁰ preserves⁸¹⁰⁴ his ¹life⁵³¹⁵.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Prov 16:17 The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil; He who guards his way protects his life (soul).

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Lit soul

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Is 35:8 A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.

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Greek Heb.

1870

derek (202c); from 1869; way, road, distance, journey, manner:--actions(1), acts(1), conduct(11), course(2), crooked*(2), direction(4), distance(1), example(1), favors(1), highway(4), highway*(1), impulses(1), journey(37), line(1), manner(4), mission(2), path(4), pathless*(2), pathway(1), pathway*(1), practice(1), road(30), roads(5), roadway(2), safely*(1), street(2), toward(33), toward*(1), walk(1), way(382), way in the direction(1), way toward(1), ways(150), wayside(2), wherever*(1).

3477

yashar (449a); from 3474; straight, right:--conscientious*(1), fittest(1), Jashar(2), just(1), proposal of peace(1), right(35), safe(1), straight(5), upright(51), Upright One(1), uprightly(1), uprightness(1), what(2), what is right(7), what was right(6), which was right(1), who are upright(1), who is upright(1).

4546

mesillah (700c); from 5549; a highway:--courses(1), highway(17), highways(7), path(1), steps(1).

5315

nephesh (659b); from an unused word; a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion :--any(1), anyone(2), anyone*(1), appetite(7), being(1), beings(3), body(1), breath(1), corpse(2), creature(6), creatures(3), dead(1), dead person(2), deadly(1), death(1), defenseless*(1), desire(12), desire*(2), discontented*(1), endure*(1), feelings(1), fierce*(2), greedy*(1), heart(5), heart's(2), herself(12), Himself(4), himself(19), human(1), human being(1), hunger(1), life(146), life*(1), lifeblood*(2), lives(34), living creature(1), longing*(1), man(4), man's(1), men*(2), mind(2), Myself(3), myself(2), number(1), ones(1), others(1), ourselves(3), own(1), passion*(1), people(2), people*(1), perfume*(1), person(68), person*(1), persons(19), slave(1), some(1), soul(238), soul's(1), souls(12), strength(1), themselves(6), thirst(1), throat(2), will(1), wish(1), wishes(1), yourself(11), yourselves(13).

5341

natsar (665c); a prim. root; to watch, guard, keep:--besieged(2), Besiegers(1), cunning(1), guard(2), guarding(1), guards(2), hidden things(1), keep(7), keep watch(1), keeper(1), keeps(3), kept(1), man(1), observe(10), observed(1), observes(1), preserve(10), preserves(1), reserve(1), secret places(1), tends(1), watch(4), watcher(1), watches(1), watchman(1), watchmen(1).

5493

sur or
sur (693b); a prim. root; to turn aside:--abolished(1), avoid(1), beheaded*(1), cut off(1), degenerate(1), depart(45), departed(7), deposed(1), deprives(2), do away(1), escape(1), get(1), go away(1), gone(1), keep away(1), keeps away(1), lacks(1), leave*(2), left(2), move(1), pardoning(1), pass away(1), past(1), put away(12), relieved(1), remove(45), removed(43), removing(1), retract(1), return(1), separated(1), strip away(1), swerve(1), take(2), take away(7), take off(1), taken away(14), takes away(1), took(3), took away(2), took off(2), turn(8), turn aside(25), turn away(12), turn...aside(1), turned(2), turned aside(24), turned away(3), turning aside(1), turning away(3), turns aside(1), turns away(3), undone*(1), wanderer(1), withdrawn(1).

7451b

ra (948c); from the same as 7455; evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity:--adversity(7), calamity(4), disaster(2), evil(94), harm(2), harmful(1), hurt(1), ruin(3), surely(1), trouble(2), unpleasant(1), wickedly(1), wickedness(1).

8104

shamar (1036b); a prim. root; to keep, watch, preserve:--attend(4), being careful(1), beware(8), bodyguard*(1), careful(32), careful to keep(1), cares(1), charge(4), confine(1), confined(1), defending(1), did(1), diligently keep(1), doorkeeper*(1), doorkeepers*(4), gatekeepers*(1), give heed(2), giving heed(1), guard(20), guarded(7), guards(4), guardsmen(1), have charge(1), heed to yourself and keep(1), heeds(1), hoarded(1), indignant(1), keep(156), keeper(8), keepers(2), keeping(10), keeps(19), kept(38), kept watch(2), maintained(1), mark(2), observe(30), observed(6), observes(1), observing(1), officers(2), pay attention(1), perform(3), performed(1), performing(2), preserve(5), preserved(3), preserves(6), protect(4), protects(1), regard(3), regards(2), remains(1), reserved(1), secured(1), sentries(1), spare(1), spies(1), take care(1), take heed(5), take note(1), take...heed(1), waiting(1), waits(1), watch(11), watched(1), watches(3), watching(3), watchman(4), watchmen(7).

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