Proverbs 4:14
Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.
15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
Cross References
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.
Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
Proverbs 22:25Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
1 Corinthians 15:33Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
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 →