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Contemporary English Version

Proverbs 4:15

Turn aside and keep going. Stay away from them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Company;   Fellowship;   Temptation;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Avoid Evil;   Exhortations;   The Topic Concordance - Evil;   Turning;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Temptation;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 30;   Every Day Light - Devotion for February 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Avoid it; don’t travel on it.Turn away from it, and pass it by.
Hebrew Names Version
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
King James Version
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
English Standard Version
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
New Century Version
Avoid their ways, and don't follow them. Stay away from them and keep on going,
New English Translation
Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
Amplified Bible
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
New American Standard Bible
Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
World English Bible
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
Legacy Standard Bible
Avoid it, do not pass by it;Stray from it and pass on.
Berean Standard Bible
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Complete Jewish Bible
Avoid it, don't go on it, turn away from it, and pass on.
Darby Translation
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Easy-to-Read Version
Stay away from that path; don't even go near it. Turn around and go another way.
George Lamsa Translation
The place where they dwell, do not pass by it, turn away from it,
Good News Translation
Don't do it! Keep away from evil! Refuse it and go on your way.
Lexham English Bible
Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by.
Literal Translation
Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn from it and pass on.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Eschue it, & go not therin: departe asyde, & passe ouer by it.
American Standard Version
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Bible in Basic English
Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
King James Version (1611)
Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
English Revised Version
Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Fle thou fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and forsake it.
Update Bible Version
Avoid it, don't pass by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Webster's Bible Translation
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
New King James Version
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
New Living Translation
Don't even think about it; don't go that way. Turn away and keep moving.
New Life Bible
Stay away from it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
New Revised Standard
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Avoid it, do not pass thereon - turn from it, and depart.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
Revised Standard Version
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Young's Literal Translation
Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.

Contextual Overview

14 Don't follow the bad example of cruel and evil people. 15 Turn aside and keep going. Stay away from them. 16 They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim. 17 Their food and drink are violence and cruelty. 18 The lifestyle of good people is like sunlight at dawn that keeps getting brighter until broad daylight. 19 The lifestyle of the wicked is like total darkness, and they will never know what makes them stumble.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 5:8, Proverbs 6:5, Exodus 23:7, Job 11:14, Job 22:23, Isaiah 33:15, Ephesians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Reciprocal: Psalms 1:1 - walketh Proverbs 1:15 - walk Proverbs 7:8 - General Proverbs 7:25 - thine Proverbs 9:6 - Forsake Proverbs 12:11 - he that followeth Matthew 26:41 - enter

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain."
Leviticus 26:18
Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins,
Leviticus 26:21
If you keep rebelling against me, I'll punish you seven times worse, just as your sins deserve!
Leviticus 26:24
I'll remain your enemy and punish you even worse.
Leviticus 26:28
I'll really get furious and punish you terribly for your sins!
Psalms 59:11
Don't kill them, or everyone may forget! Just use your mighty power to make them tremble and fall. You are a shield for your people.
Psalms 79:12
Each of those nations sneered at you, our Lord. Now let others sneer at them, seven times as much.
Proverbs 6:31
And thieves who get caught must pay back seven times what was stolen and lose everything.
Ezekiel 9:4
"Walk through the city of Jerusalem and mark the forehead of anyone who is truly upset and sad about the disgusting things that are being done here."
Hosea 1:4
Then the Lord said, "Hosea, name your son Jezreel, because I will soon punish the descendants of King Jehu of Israel for the murders he committed in Jezreel Valley. I will destroy his kingdom,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Avoid it,.... As dangerous and pernicious, as abominable and detestable; or, "flee from it", as the Vulgate Latin version: Jarchi and Gersom interpret it, "make it void"; cause it to cease, destroy it, do all you can to hinder the wicked from accomplishing their designs;

pass not by it; do not come near it; keep at a distance from it, that you may not be drawn into it; abstain from all appearance of evil, and everything that may lead to it;

turn from it, and pass away; the Targum adds, "from them", from wicked men. This heap of words is used to show the danger of bad company; to dissuade from the least approach to it; and to express the vehement desire of the wise man to preserve his son, and all well inclined persons, from it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.

Proverbs 4:7

Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Proverbs 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.

Proverbs 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.

Proverbs 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Proverbs 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Proverbs 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 4:15. Avoid it — Let it be the serious purpose of thy soul to shun every appearance of evil.

Pass not by it — Never, for the sake of worldly gain, or through complaisance to others, approach the way that thou wouldst not wish to be found in when God calls thee into the eternal world.

Turn from it — If, through unwatchfulness or unfaithfulness, thou at any time get near or into the way of sin, turn from it with the utmost speed, and humble thyself before thy Maker.

And pass away. — Speed from it, run for thy life, and get to the utmost distance; eternally diverging so as never to come near it whilst thou hast a being.


 
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