Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, do not pass thereon—turn from it, and depart.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:
Cross References
Job 11:14If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
Proverbs 1:15My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.
Proverbs 6:5Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
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,
1 Thessalonians 5:22From every form of wickedness, abstain.
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 →