English Standard Version
Proverbs 4:15
15Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Proverbs 4:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
- New International Version (NIV)Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way. Turn away and keep moving.
Context of Proverbs 4:15
13Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. 14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:15 word by word
פְּרָעֵ֥הוּ אַל־תַּעֲבָר־בּ֑וֹ שְׂטֵ֖ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וַעֲבֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:15
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 6:5save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Exodus 23:7Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
- Job 11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
- Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents,
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,
- Ephesians 5:11Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Avoid 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-20Verses 4-20 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; Psalm 15:1-5; Psalm 24:1-10; 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-27Verses 14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a due distance, but at a great distance; never think you can get far enough from it. The way of the righteous is light; Christ is their Way, and he is the Light. The saints will not be perfect till they reach heaven, but there they shall shine as the sun…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The father offers his children two choices: Avoid evil to escape its bad effects Choose good for its blessingsRead the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-2. (Compare Pr 1:8). to know--in order to know. doctrine--the matter of learning (Pr 1:5), such as he had received (La 3:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 4
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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