Proverbs 1:15

my son, go thou not with them; forbid thy foot from the paths of them (or do not let thy foot go onto their paths).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

In Context

14put thou lot with us, one purse be there of us all; (put thou thy lot with us, and let there be one purse for us all;)

16For the feet of them run to evil; and they hasten to shed out blood.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man, that goeth not in the counsel of wicked men; and stood not in the way of sinners, and sat not in the chair of pestilence. (Happy is the person, who goeth not in the counsel of the wicked; and walketh not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the chair of pestilence.)

Psalms 119:101I forbade my feet from all evil way; that I keep thy words (or so that I obey thy commands).

Proverbs 4:14Delight thou not in the paths of wicked men; and the way of evil men please not thee. (Delight thou not in the paths of the wicked; and do not let the ways of evil people please thee.)

Proverbs 4:27Bow thou not to the right side, neither to the left side; turn away thy foot from evil.

Proverbs 9:6Forsake ye young childhood, and live ye; and go ye by the way of prudence. (Abandon ye foolishness, and have life; and go ye on the way of understanding.)

Isaiah 33:15He that goeth in rightfulnesses, and speaketh truth; he that casteth away (the) avarice of false challenge, and shaketh away his hands from all gift (s), ( or bribes); he that stoppeth his ears, that he hear not (of) blood, and closeth his eyes, that he see not 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 →

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