Proverbs 4:27
Turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left; yet turn your foot away from evil. For the Lord knows the ways that are on the right, and truly, those that are on the left are perverse. But he himself will make your courses straight. Then your journey will advance in peace.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Direct the path of your feet, and all your ways shall be secure.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32And so, keep and do the things which the Lord God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14and will not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
Proverbs 16:17The path of the just turns away from evils. He who guards his soul preserves his way.
Romans 12:9Let love be without falseness: hating 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 →