Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, do not go on it; 1 turn away from it and go another way. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Do not follow the path of the wicked 1 and do not go along the way of those who do evil. 1
Cross References
Job 11:14suppose that iniquity were in your hand, but that then you put it far away from you, 1 and did not let unrighteousness live in your tents. 1
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not walk down that road with them; 1 do not let your foot touch where they walk; 1
Proverbs 6:5Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, 1 like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 1
Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks honestly; 1 who despises the gain of oppression, 1 who shakes his hand so that it will not accept a bribe, 1 who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed, 1 and who shuts his eyes from looking on evil— 1
1 Thessalonians 5:22Avoid every 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 →