Proverbs 4:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.”
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BSBPD
“Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:15 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
- Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
- Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- Proverbs 24:1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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