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Proverbs 1:15
15my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
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:
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)My child, don’t go along with them! Stay far away from their paths.
Context of Proverbs 1:15
13we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; 14cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”— my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; 16for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood. 17How useless to spread a net where every bird can see it!
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:15 word by word
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 set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
- Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Psalms 1:1Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
- Psalms 26:4I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Proverbs 4:27Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
- Psalms 119:101I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
- Jeremiah 14:10This is what the Lord says about this people: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and 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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