Proverbs 4:15
Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.
Cross References
Job 11:14If thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand, and lot not injustice remain in thy tabernacle:
Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
Proverbs 6:5Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:22From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
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 →