Proverbs 1:15
my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
In Context
14You shall cast your lot amongst us. We’ll all have one purse”—
16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
Psalms 119:101I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
Proverbs 4:14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:27Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20
Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →