"Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away." — Proverbs 4:15

Proverbs 4:15 · KJV

“Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”

— Proverbs 4:15

Verse 14

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

Verse 16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

Proverbs 4 — Context

Take fast hold of instruction; let {her} not go: keep her; for she {is} thy life.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

Job 22:23

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Job 11:14

If iniquity {be} in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Proverbs 5:8

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; {righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses} {uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses} {oppressions: or, deceits} {blood: Heb. bloods}

Proverbs 6:5

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand {of the hunter}, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.