Proverbs 4:14
Do not do the things that wicked people do; do not behave like they do; do not even walk on the roads that evil people walk on [MET].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
In Context
15Stay away from those roads; turn aside and walk on other roads;
Cross References
Psalms 26:4I do not spend my time with liars and I stay away from hypocrites.
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not accompany them! Do not walk on the roads with them!
Proverbs 5:8Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
Proverbs 9:6◄Leave/Go away from► other foolish people, and if you do that, you will continue to live. Walk on the road that will enable you to ◄have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true►.”
Proverbs 22:25because you might start to act like they do and not be able to stop doing that.
1 Corinthians 15:33Do not let yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again {Do not let people who say that God will not cause believers to live again deceive you}. If you associate with evil people who say such things, they will ◄influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living►.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →