Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
In Context
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse' —
16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, in order that I might observe Thy word.
Proverbs 4:14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →