Proverbs 4:15

15 Avoid it; don't travel on it. Turn away from it, and pass it by.

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 let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

14 Don't set foot on the path of the wicked; don't proceed in the way of evil ones.

15 Avoid it; don't travel on it. Turn away from it, and pass it by.

16 For they can't sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.