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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 4:15
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Avoid it; don’t travel on it.Turn away from it, and pass it by.
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid their ways, and don't follow them. Stay away from them and keep on going,
Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
Avoid it, do not pass by it;Stray from it and pass on.
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Turn aside and keep going. Stay away from them.
Avoid it, don't go on it, turn away from it, and pass on.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Stay away from that path; don't even go near it. Turn around and go another way.
The place where they dwell, do not pass by it, turn away from it,
Don't do it! Keep away from evil! Refuse it and go on your way.
Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by.
Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn from it and pass on.
Eschue it, & go not therin: departe asyde, & passe ouer by it.
Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Auoid it, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe away.
Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.
In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Fle thou fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and forsake it.
Avoid it, don't pass by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Don't even think about it; don't go that way. Turn away and keep moving.
Stay away from it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, do not pass thereon - turn from it, and depart.
Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 5:8, Proverbs 6:5, Exodus 23:7, Job 11:14, Job 22:23, Isaiah 33:15, Ephesians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Reciprocal: Psalms 1:1 - walketh Proverbs 1:15 - walk Proverbs 7:8 - General Proverbs 7:25 - thine Proverbs 9:6 - Forsake Proverbs 12:11 - he that followeth Matthew 26:41 - enter
Cross-References
"And if none of this works in getting your attention, I'll discipline you seven times over for your sins. I'll break your strong pride: I'll make the skies above you like a sheet of tin and the ground under you like cast iron. No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.
"If you defy me and refuse to listen, your punishment will be seven times more than your sins: I'll set wild animals on you; they'll rob you of your children, kill your cattle, and decimate your numbers until you'll think you are living in a ghost town.
That's the way it was with Baasha: Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani, God 's word came to him and his regime because of his life of open evil before God and his making God so angry—a chip off the block of Jeroboam, even though God had destroyed him.
Don't make quick work of them, God , lest my people forget. Bring them down in slow motion, take them apart piece by piece. Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance catch up with them, Catch them out and bring them down —every muttered curse —every barefaced lie. Finish them off in fine style! Finish them off for good! Then all the world will see that God rules well in Jacob, everywhere that God's in charge.
Then God told him: "Name him Jezreel. It won't be long now before I'll make the people of Israel pay for the massacre at Jezreel. I'm calling it quits on the kingdom of Israel. Payday is coming! I'm going to chop Israel's bows and arrows into kindling in the valley of Jezreel."
Jesus said, "Put your sword back where it belongs. All who use swords are destroyed by swords. Don't you realize that I am able right now to call to my Father, and twelve companies—more, if I want them—of fighting angels would be here, battle-ready? But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?"
A third Angel followed, shouting, warning, "If anyone worships the Beast and its image and takes the mark on forehead or hand, that person will drink the wine of God's wrath, prepared unmixed in his chalice of anger, and suffer torment from fire and brimstone in the presence of Holy Angels, in the presence of the Lamb. Smoke from their torment will rise age after age. No respite for those who worship the Beast and its image, who take the mark of its name."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, âThe beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.â To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.
Proverbs 4:12
The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (âwhen thou runnestâ) there is no risk of falling.
Proverbs 4:13
She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.
Proverbs 4:16
A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.
Proverbs 4:17
i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, âThey eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.â Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.
Proverbs 4:18
Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good manâs life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lordâs teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.
Proverbs 4:20
The teacher speaks again in his own person.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 4:15. Avoid it — Let it be the serious purpose of thy soul to shun every appearance of evil.
Pass not by it — Never, for the sake of worldly gain, or through complaisance to others, approach the way that thou wouldst not wish to be found in when God calls thee into the eternal world.
Turn from it — If, through unwatchfulness or unfaithfulness, thou at any time get near or into the way of sin, turn from it with the utmost speed, and humble thyself before thy Maker.
And pass away. — Speed from it, run for thy life, and get to the utmost distance; eternally diverging so as never to come near it whilst thou hast a being.
