Proverbs 4:27
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; 1 remove thy regel from rah. + 4:27 T.N. Everyone in life has two paths to choose from just as Moshiach Tzidkeinu spoke of two gates, a wide one crowded with traffic and leading to destruction, and another one found by few but leading to life and redemption — Mt 7:13-14
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Ponder the ma'agal (path) of thy raglayim, 1 and let all thy drakhim be firm. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:14And thou shalt not turn aside from any of the devarim which I command thee today, to the right, or to the left, to go after elohim acherim to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17The mesilat yesharim (highway of the upright) 1 is to depart from rah; 1 he that guards his derech is shomer over his nefesh (soul). 1
Romans 12:9Let ahavah (agape) be without tzevi'ut (hypocrisy). Hate what is haRah, be devoted to what is tov.
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 →