Proverbs 4:14
12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- KJV
- Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
- WEB
- Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
- ASV
- Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
- DARBY
- Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
- BLB
- Do not enter into the path of the wicked ones, and do not walk in the way of evil ones.
- ÅB
- På de ugudeliges sti må du ikke komme og ikke følge de ondes vei.
- OTB
- Gå ikke inn på de ondes sti eller vandre på ugjerningsmenns vei.
- B1930
- På de ugudeliges sti må du ikke komme og ikke følge de ondes vei.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in contextProverbs 1:15
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Read in contextProverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Read in contextProverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in contextProverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Read in contextProverbs 2:11–12
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
Read in contextPsalms 26:4–5
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
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