Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Balance well the track of thy foot, and let all thy ways be firmly right.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32(5:29) Observe ye then to do as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14And thou wilt not go aside from all the words which I command thee this day, to the right, or to the left, to go after strange gods, to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he preserveth his soul that watcheth his way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →