Proverbs 4:27
Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
Romans 12:9Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on 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 →