Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, pass not through by it, turn off from it, and pass away.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad.
Cross References
Job 11:14If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.
Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
Proverbs 6:5Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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 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 →