Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Cross References
Job 11:14If iniquity be in yours hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles.
Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
Proverbs 6:5Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Isaiah 33:15He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from all 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 →