Proverbs 1:15
My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
In Context
14Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all.
16For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
Cross References
Psalms 1:1How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,—and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;
Psalms 119:101From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
Proverbs 4:14Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:
Proverbs 4:27Decline not, to the right hand or to the left,—Turn away thy foot from wickedness.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,—He that refuseth the gain of exactions That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,
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 →