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Proverbs 4:15
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Avoid it; don’t travel on it.Turn away from it, and pass it by.
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid their ways, and don't follow them. Stay away from them and keep on going,
Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
Avoid it, do not pass by it;Stray from it and pass on.
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Turn aside and keep going. Stay away from them.
Avoid it, don't go on it, turn away from it, and pass on.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Stay away from that path; don't even go near it. Turn around and go another way.
The place where they dwell, do not pass by it, turn away from it,
Don't do it! Keep away from evil! Refuse it and go on your way.
Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by.
Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn from it and pass on.
Eschue it, & go not therin: departe asyde, & passe ouer by it.
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.
In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Fle thou fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and forsake it.
Avoid it, don't pass by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Don't even think about it; don't go that way. Turn away and keep moving.
Stay away from it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, do not pass thereon - turn from it, and depart.
Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Contextual Overview
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
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, then I will chastise you again sevenfold for your sins,
"Then if you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I will bring more plagues upon you, sevenfold as many as your sins.
then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will smite you sevenfold for your sins.
then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and chastise you myself sevenfold for your sins.
Moreover the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hana'ni against Ba'asha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jerobo'am, and also because he destroyed it.
Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!
And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.
And the LORD said to him, "Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
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, âThe beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.â 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 (âwhen thou runnestâ) 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, âThey eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.â 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 manâs life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lordâs 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.
