Proverbs 4:14
Do not delight in the paths of the impious, nor permit the way of evil-doers to please you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
In Context
13Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life.
15Take flight from it. Do not pass close to it. Turn away and abandon it.
Cross References
Psalms 26:4One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not walk with them. Preclude your feet from their paths.
Proverbs 5:8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.
Proverbs 9:6Leave behind childishness. And live and walk by the ways of prudence.”
Proverbs 22:25lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →