Holy Scripture
Proverbs 4:12
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“And running, you will not have a stumbling block. The more eagerly you run to fulfill God's commandments, the less you will fear adversities that impede you: for whoever sweats in evil deeds finds a stumbling block in the midst of the course, because immediately, when they do not foresee, they are snatched to punishme…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
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10Hear, my son, and receive my words; And the years of thy life shall be increased, That the resources of thy life may be many.
11For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; And I cause thee to go in right paths.
— Proverbs 4:12 —
13Take hold of my instruction; let it not go— But keep it for thyself for thy life.
14Go not in the ways of the ungodly, Neither covet the ways of transgressors.