Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
In Context
14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
Cross References
Job 11:14If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.
Proverbs 1:15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
Proverbs 6:5Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Isaiah 33:15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
1 Thessalonians 5:22from all appearance of evil abstain ye;
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 →