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Proverbs 1:15
15My child, do not go along with people like that. Stay away from them.
Proverbs 1:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
- New International Version (NIV)my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
- English Standard Version (ESV)my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,
- New King James Version (NKJV)My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
Context of Proverbs 1:15
13We will take all their valuable things for ourselves. We will fill our houses with lots of good things. 14So come and join us! We will share with each other everything that we rob from other people.’ My child, do not go along with people like that. Stay away from them. 16They are in a hurry to do evil things. They cannot wait to murder someone! 17Think about it! If you put a trap where the birds can see it, you will never catch anything.
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בְּנִ֗י אַל־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם מְנַ֥ע רַ֝גְלְךָ֗ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:15
- Proverbs 4:14Do not join with wicked or evil people. Do not do the things that they do.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave foolish ways so that you may live. Learn to understand what is right, so that you can do it.’
- Proverbs 13:20If you have wise people as your friends, you will become wise yourself. But if you have foolish friends, you will hurt yourself.
- Psalms 1:1If someone does not do what wicked people tell him to do, if he does not join with sinners, if he does not meet with those who laugh at God, God has blessed that person!
- Psalms 26:4I do not become a friend of people who tell lies. I do not join together with hypocrites.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17And so, the Lord says: ‘Come out from among them and be separate. Do not touch anything that is disgusting. Then I will accept you.’
- Proverbs 4:27Do not walk off your path, to the right side or the left side. Keep away from everything that is evil.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep far away from a woman like that! Do not even go near the door of her house.
- Psalms 119:101I do not follow evil ways, so that I can obey your word.
- Jeremiah 14:10The Lord says this about his people: ‘These people love to go wherever they want. They do not try to stay near to me. So they do not please me. Now I will remember the wrong things that they have done. I will punish them for their sins.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! "Consent thou not." Do not say as they say, nor do as they do, or would have thee to do; have no fellowship with them. Who could think that it should be a pleasure to one man to destroy another! See their idea of worldly wealth; but it is neither…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The father warns his child not to join a group of wrongdoers planning to attack innocent people. Their evil actions will eventually harm them (see Proverbs 28:10; Psalms 9:15; 35:8). The evil path involves violence and theft.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1910-19. A solemn warning against temptation. entice--literally, "open the way." consent ... not--Sin is in consenting or yielding to temptation, not in being tempted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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