Proverbs 4:15

15 Avoid it! Don't turn onto it; stay off of it and keep going!

Proverbs 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:15

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.

Proverbs 4:15 In-Context

13 Hold on to instruction; don't slack off; protect it, for it is your life.
14 Don't go on the way of the wicked; don't walk on the path of evil people.
15 Avoid it! Don't turn onto it; stay off of it and keep going!
16 They don't sleep unless they do evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of evil, and they drink the wine of violence.
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