Proverbs 4:27
Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
In Context
26Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:32'And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside — right or left;
Deuteronomy 28:14and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day — right or left — to go after other gods, to serve them.
Proverbs 16:17A highway of the upright [is], 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
Romans 12:9The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:21-27
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and… Read the whole commentary →