Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.
Romans 12:9Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to 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 →