Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, do not pass over into it, || Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Do not enter into the path of the wicked, || And do not be blessed in a way of evildoers.
Cross References
Job 11:14If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, || And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
Proverbs 1:15My son! Do not go in the way with them, || Withhold your foot from their path,
Proverbs 6:5Be delivered as a roe from the hand, || And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Isaiah 33:15Whoever is walking righteously, || And is speaking uprightly, || Kicking against gain of oppressions, || Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, || Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, || And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
1 Thessalonians 5:22abstain from all appearance of 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 →