Proverbs 4:15
Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
Cross References
Job 11:14If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
Proverbs 6:5Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
Isaiah 33:15He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
1 Thessalonians 5:22Keep from every form of evil.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:15-20
Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at… Read the whole commentary →