Proverbs 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
In Context
13Lay fast hold of correction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
15Avoid it, pass not through by it, turn off from it, and pass away.
Cross References
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with men of falsehood, and with dissemblers will I not enter [in communion].
Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
Proverbs 5:8Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;
Proverbs 9:6Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.
Proverbs 22:25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare for thy own soul.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →