Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
In Context
14Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all:
16For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
Psalms 119:101From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word.
Proverbs 4:14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad.
Proverbs 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on 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 →