Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left. Remove thy foot from evil.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Make the path of thy feet level, and let all thy ways be established.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32Ye shall observe to do therefore as LORD your God has commanded you. Ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Romans 12:9Love without hypocrisy, abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →