Proverbs 4:27
Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32Keep therefore and do the things which the Lord God hath commanded you: you shall not go aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
Proverbs 16:17The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
Romans 12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which 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 →