Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it, travel al (not) on it, 1 turn from it, and pass on. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

In Context

14Enter not into the orach resha'im, 1 and go not on the derech ra'im (road of the wicked). 1

16For they sleep not, unless they have done evil; 1 and their sheynah (sleep) is robbed, unless they cause some to fall. 1

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Cross References

Job 11:14If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, 1 and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim. 1

Proverbs 1:15Beni (my son), walk not thou in the derech with them; 1 refrain thy regel from their path; 1

Proverbs 6:5Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the yad, + 6:5 of the hunter 1 and as a tzippor (bird) from the yad of the fowler. 1

Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in tzedakot, and speaketh meisharim (right things), 1 he that despiseth the gain of extortions, 1 that guards his palms from accepting shochad (bribe[s]), 1 that stoppeth his ozen from hearing of dahm, 1 and shutteth his eynayim from seeing rah; 1

1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every appearance of ra'ah (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 →

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