Proverbs 4:15

Avoid that way completely. Don't go there! Turn away, and walk on.

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In The King James Version

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

In Context

14Don't go the way of the wicked or follow the example of those who do evil.

16Evil people won't rest until they've done something wrong; they can't sleep unless they've tripped someone up.

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Cross References

Job 11:14if you get rid of your sins and don't let wickedness continue in your life,

Proverbs 1:15My son, don't follow their ways. Don't go in that direction with them.

Proverbs 6:5Get out of it like a gazelle escaping from a trap, like a bird from a bird-catcher's net.

Isaiah 33:15Those who live right and speak the truth, those who refuse to profit from extortion and refuse to take bribes, who don't listen to plots to kill people, who close their eyes rather than look at evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:22keep away from every kind of evil.

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 →

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