Proverbs 4:27
Do not turn aside to the right or to the left; 1 turn your foot away from evil.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Make a level path for your foot; 1 then all your ways will be secure. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32You will keep, therefore, what Yahweh your God has commanded you; you will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy 28:14and if you do not turn away from any of the words that I am commanding you today, to the right hand or to the left, so as to go after other gods to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of upright people turns away from evil; 1 the one who protects his life guards his way. 1
Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; hold on to that which is good.
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 →