Proverbs 4:15
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
Cross References
Job 11:14If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
Proverbs 1:15my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
Proverbs 6:5deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:
1 Thessalonians 5:22hold aloof from every form of wickedness.
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 →