Proverbs 4:15

15 Stay away from their path. Don't travel on it. Turn away from it. Go on your way.

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 my teaching. Don't let it go. Guard it well. It is your life.
14 Don't take the path of evil people. Don't live the way sinners do.
15 Stay away from their path. Don't travel on it. Turn away from it. Go on your way.
16 Sinners can't sleep until they do what is evil. They can't rest until they make someone fall.
17 They do evil just as easily as they eat food. They hurt others as easily as they drink wine.
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